Rooster

Mattie recruits Rooster to help her find the killer of her father. Rooster is a marshal who isn't afraid to use his powers and title. If he ever feels threatened, he shoots the man in his way, and then is easily able to justify it as self defense. When he is in the court room, he nonchalantly confesses to having killed 23 people within 6 years of being a marshal, and doesn't seem to think anythingg is wrong with it because it did them all in " self defense." In fact, he feels so strongly about it not being a big deal that he uses comedy in the middle of being questioned, even though his status of being a marshal is on the line.

I don't know how I feel about him yet, because when Mattie asked for his help he wasn't very kind to her. First he made fun of her carrying around a huge gun because he didn't think she was capable of it Secondly, he said he wouldn't help her, even though she has a reason for hunting this man down. He thought she was incapable of providing the 50 dollars she promised, and once she found the guy, he didn't think she could do anything about it. The only thing that caused him to change the mind was when she mentioned that hemight be able to find a guy he was looking for on the search. This makes it appear that he is very selfish because the only time he even thought about helping was when he had the opportunity to settle his revenge.