![]() Furthermore, by defending a black man against white man, Atticus goes against Maycomb, - a generally prejudice and discrimination town. He knows that he will not win the case because it is impossible for the Juries to trust a black man’s word rather than white man’s word. First of all, Atticus shows his courage when he undertakes the task of defending Tom Robinson. Atticus, viewed through action theory from Murphy (1972), demonstrates his “real-courage” several times throughout the novel. ![]() Atticus believes that real courage is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” and he refuses the definition of courage that says “courage is a man with a gun in his hand”(p. Using Murphy’s theory of “conversation of other” and seen by other” Atticus is identified as a courageous man. ![]()
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