Rooster??

Who is Rooster? What are your first impressions of him?

Rooster is found by Mattie in order to help her find the killer of her father. Because Rooster is a marshall he has quite a lot of power and control over others and the law to a certain extent. This is why he isn't afraid to take down anyone in his way as he has that superior authority being a marshall. He uses the self defense excuse almost every time that he kills someone and it works. This is why Rooster would be the best person to get the job done for Mattie! In court Rooster even declared that in six years he had killed 23 people and that they were all self defense. He is really using his title as marshall to help him out as most as possible when it comes down to killing.

I sort of have mixed feelings about Rooster at the moment because I don't know how good of a guy he really is. It took Rooster some time to finally accept Mattie's offer as he thought that she wouldn't be able to provide the $50 to him. The only true reason why he decided to go ahead and accept her offer was because he may have the opportunity to settle his revenge with a man that he will also encounter on the way. Rooster also seems overall as an arrogant and selfish person. I don't know if he is %100 reliable and trustworthy but I guess we will find out fairly soon...