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 middle of the action during a girl’s quest with two other men to get revenge for …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 994 total…She killed Tom Chaney, avenging her father’s death, and with his pistols to boot. She showed strength and courage, even for a girl, and was a finisher. Both novels progressed in the same fashion. Both novels portrayed courageous characters overcoming obstacles. Both novels shared a theme, trite as it may be, it sums up the majority of what progressed in the two works. If you put your mind to it, you can do anything.