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

The bond that is created between Hooper and Brody is a strong brotherly one that begins almost immediately. Between Brody's desperation for, not only help but also for some one to be able to grasp the situation he is in combined with the excitement and enthusiasm of Hooper is what makes the relationship work so well. Even though they are driven by different means the goal is the same.

While Hooper is in the cage he is attacked and the cage destroyed but Hooper escapes and hides behind a coral reef. Quint and Brody not knowing Hooper has escaped bring up the cage and assume the worst. Their thoughts of Hooper are soon put on hold when the shark comes out of the water and on to the back of the boat. With the rear weighted down by the shark Quint looses his grip and slides to his doom right into the shark's awaiting mouth. With this the shark slides back into the depths.

By this time Sheriff Brody's summer help has arrived and he's got every man he can spare on the water looking for the shark. When a commotion erupts over a phony shark sighting there is an attack in a pond that opens up to the sea. A man is attacked and killed with the Chief's son not 40 yards away in his own boat with some friends. Brody's son is dragged out of the water and rushed to the hospital and treated for shock. With an attack hit so close to home the Mayor who seems to be shell-shocked agrees to sign the forms to pay Quint what ever it takes to catch the shark. This brings together our troop of heroes Quint, Hooper, and Brody. They set off in Quint's boat, the Orca, to hunt down and catch the shark on the open ocean.

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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)