Journal 12

Once I started to read Jaws I right away noticed where they got the ideas for the movie but I didn't expect the ending to be so off and unexpected. Soon after Hooper's odd death, Jaws later returned for the finish but in bad shape. With Quint and Brody pushed back as far as possible in what remained of Quint's boat Jaws rushed in for another snack but was unsuccessful. Although Jaws wasn't able to "eat" Quint, while he swam back down for cover one of the several ropes attached to it got caught on Quints foot pulling him down below with Jaws, leaving Quint to drown. After both Hooper and Quint died in odd ways not really done by the shark it was kindoff silly and took away from the ending. As did after with only Brody left and no ship, I thought for sure he would die too but as soon as Jaws got close to Brody it suddently stoped in front of him and just died. Although the shark did take alot of damage through out the long battle at sea, the ending just seemed carelessly done as if Benchley just wanted to wrap it up. Even for the unfortunate ending Jaws was still an okay novel and one of the longest books i've ever read (the longest). I also see why the movie Jaws was made the way it was with no wife stealing, more than one survivor and an actual death by Jaws at the end when Quint was eaten. The one thing I did enjoy about the book's ending was how it ended more realistic, when instead of dying from an exploding scuba tank instead Jaws simply died of exhaustion.