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Fourteen year old Mattie Ross sets out to track down, Tom Chaney, the killer of her father, Frank Ross, and bring him to justice. She commissions the help of Marshall Rooster Cogburn, and accepts the assistance of a Texas-ranger cum bounty hunter also in search of Chaney for killing a Texas senator. Along the way they run into a group of bandits, which Chaney has joined. Following some gunplay the bandits are killed. And Chaney and Mattie fall into a pit of rattlesnakes….   
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Plot & Themes

The enemy is...    -   Escaped Criminal(s) Kind of story?    -   adventure thru wilderness    -   getting revenge    -   hunting enemy Who is tough/wimpy, smart/dumb?    -   Men tough    -   Women tough

Main Character

Gender:    -   Female Profession/status:    -   trader Age:    -   a teen Eccentric:    -   Yes    -   obsessed

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   4 () Farm/Ranch?    -   Yes Farm/Ranch:    -   farm    -   ranch Misc setting    -   fort/military installation Time book takes place in:    -   19th century

Writing Style

overall quality of this book?    -   9 Person    -   mostly 1st How much gore?    -   2 () How much suspense/how unpredictable?    -   5 () How much action?    -   4 () Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately detailed references to deaths Happy ending?    -   neutral How much dialogue/talking among characters?    -   6 () How much non-dialogue descript of thoughts & feelings?    -   2 () How much romance?    -   1 () Non-dialogue thoughts/feelings primarily about: (optional)    -   thoughts about society/group    -   thoughts for/about others    -   thinking about plan of action Is book humorous?    -   Yes If humorous, kind of humor    -   Dry-cynical    -   eccentric personalities Minor characters feature lots of:    -   cowboys    -   blue collar types    -   doctors    -   criminals    -   lawyer creatures

Theme

Revenge    -   Yes Revenge:    -   of good against evil Revenge against:    -   employee Revenge for:    -   killings Justice    -   Yes Setting things right for:    -   self    -   family Setting things right by means of:    -   court/trial    -   over the barrel of a gun Search for Truth/Facts:    -   Yes Search for Truth/Facts:    -   about events

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