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Comparative Essay Between The Old Man and the Sea and True Grit The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, a simply written novel of an old man’s singular struggle, while trying to catch a fish, against forces of the sea overpowering him and True Grit, by Charles Portis, a gripping western, placing you in the midd ....

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.... avenging her father’s death, Rooster, a federal marshal, and LaBoeuf, a Texas Ranger, set off when, “It was still dark outside and bitter cold although mercifully there was little wind.” The dedication involved in the characters’ pursuits becomes more evident later on. “He is a great fish,” the old man told himself, “and I must convince him not to learn his strength…” As it was also with the Mattie from True Grit. “I knew both of them (Rooster and LaBoeuf ....