In the film Jaws, the main character Matin Brody is put in an uncomfortable position when a killer shark starts eating people in a small community off Cape Cod. The Mayor does not want to scare the tourists away and chooses not to close the beach for fear of losing money. Leaving it up to Brody to find and kill the shark with the beaches open. Throughout the film, Brody is seen as a cautious police chief, but his courage emerges to save his family and the people on the island. This uncomfortable situation reveals the theme of courage in the face of adversity. The uncomfortable situation Martin Brody faces is the pressure from the mayor to keep the beaches open to attract tourists and bring in money for the town, even though there is a killer
