Courage in "The Walking Woman" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

Both The Walking Woman by Mary Austin and Dorothy M. Johnson’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance display a theme of courage; however, they approach this theme very differently. The Walking Woman displays courage through persevering with inner resilience and strength. “I worked with a man, without excusing, without any burden on me of looking or seeming. Not fiddling or fumbling as women work, and hoping it will all turn out for the best. It was not for Filon to ask. Can you, or Will you. He said. Do, and I did. And my work was good.” (Austin 218) Here we see the use of the characterization of…