Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain

The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity would demand the death of the fish. They would need to see it dead before they could feel secure enough to resume their normal lives.

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.