A sociological look at JAWS
The movie I choose to review was Jaws, which is one of my favorites and a timeless classic. A traditional story about man against beast takes place on an island that depends on its summer tourist business. When the summer season in threatened by a series of shark attacks three men are sent out to track down a great white shark. The three main (human) characters are Brody (Roy Scheider), the police chief, who came to the island from New York looking, so he thought, for a change from the fears of the city. There's Quint (Robert Shaw), a caricature of the crusty old seafaring salt, who has a very personal reason for hating sharks. And there's Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), the rich kid turned oceanographer, who knows best of all what a shark can do to a man, and yet is willing to get into the water with one The movie starts just before the summer boom with a girl running out in to the ocean for a midnight dip. She is undoubtedly attacked by a shark and when she is found on the beach the next morning the town officials dismiss the find as a boating accident. Chief Brody who is not convinced of that is was a boating accident fears it was a shark attack. With the safety of not only the islanders but also the coming tou
Being dubbed by critics as the movie that made people afraid to go in to the water Jaws became an instant classic. With the evidence they've uncovered Hooper and Brody go to the Mayor and demand he shut down the beaches. Thinking quickly Brody shoves a tank of compressed air in the shark's mouth and succeeds in fighting it off. They soon set off with Quint as Captain, Hooper as first mate and Brody as a deck hand of sorts. With the rear weighted down by the shark Quint looses his grip and slides to his doom right into the shark's awaiting mouth. They come across a boat wreck and upon closer inspection they discover that the wreck is the work of the sought after shark. rist crowds Brody tries to close the island off the tourists until the problem is solved. When there is another attack, this time on a small child and in broad daylight, a meeting is called to discuss what to do about the islands problem. Quint and Brody not knowing Hooper has escaped bring up the cage and assume the worst. Down at the docks someone does manage I to reel in an impressive sized tiger shark. With chaos erupting all around Hooper asks to see the first victim. I believe that Amity Island is a great example of a hybrid between primary and organizational groups. As Brody rejoices and breathes a sigh of relief Hooper surfaces and the two begin their swim back to shore on a makeshift raft. The Mayor, fearing the worst, coaxes on of his friends to make the first move and go for a swim. Being an outsider no one is inclined to listen to Hooper.
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