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.
Peter BenchleyThe past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.
Peter BenchleyIf man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
Peter Benchley