True Grit & The Child Savior

         In True Grit both the text and the movies, we were able to see the Child Savior myth in action at its finest.  The content shows us how Mattie, proves herself to be far more responsible and mature than the male characters that surround her. Through the duration of the text and film  Mattie often, directly and indirectly, helps the men behave and take action in a more mature way than they would have without her influence.
        In class we spoke of how trustworthy the point of view is, as we are experiencing the story through her, when she is already older, indicating in some way that potentially the vision is skewed and that we might not be getting the full story, or the most accurate story, however I personally feel that if her intentions for avenging the death of her father were true and honest, then her retelling would be as true and honest as they could be. This was not something that bothered me at all during the reading.
          However, I am always looking to see where the texts we get to experience cross path with my current life, and I do have to say that I feel this "child savior" to be extremely relevant in everyday life today. The topic, in some way, transcends that day and age, and even the western genre, and can relate to contemporary life if we are willing to pay attention to all the young kids, and young adults who are pushing the envelope in our society, and  leading the way in change and innovation. With the rise of technology, younger and younger people have more access to information, hence more access to education, hence generate life changing ideas at an earlier age.While adults, and grown people everywhere live their complacent lives, accepting anything that governments and outside powers throw over society,  people like Malala Yousafzai, are the child saviors of our world, the ones willing to (figuratively) avenge the death of peace by standing up for things that adults around us wouldn't even dare to mention.

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