Journal 4

Just like I expected while at the beach with his family, Chief Brody witnesses it first hand as a young boy was attacked and killed in the shores of Amity beach where his sons were also swimming. Once it was official and the town was at a panic, the mother of the young boy eaten placed a bounty on the shark which turned the town into a big shark hunt. This also is right around the time where "Quint" the shark hunter is introduced and demands a higher pay for killing the monster. With his offer kept in mind Brody then brought in another charecter "Matt Hooper" a Marine Biologist and shark expert to study the remains found from the first victim and was convinced it was done by a giant shark. Now with almost the entire town on a giant shark hunt for the fish that killed the young boy, it seems now that the number one thing on Chief Brody's mind who feels somewhat responsible for the death is to find and kill the shark.

Journal 5

Not long after the big shark hunt started a local fisherman brought in what he believed was the shark as did Brody, with the town in relief a not so convinced Hooper (shark expert) measured the mouth to find the radious to be much smaller than what was measured on the first victims body. Hooper although seems more professional in the book rather than in the movie, he still seems more stuck up and selfish than in the movie which I didn't really like. Wanting to know for sure, Brody and Hooper later sneek back to the dock to cut open the so called human killing shark to find nothing but fish and garbagein its stomach. Now convinced the shark still roams the area both men are getting ready to take Hooper's boat out to see if they can possibly find anything. One thing that I never saw coming was Hooper and Brody's wife having a secret relationship, if Brody ends up finding out it could possibly change the situation completly.

Journal 6

After Brody and Hooper searched the area for a bit, they came to a sunken ship and thats when Hooper got into the water leaving Brody above water to wait. While searching the wreck Hooper came accross a giant tooth but unfortunetly droped it when a pale torso frightened Hooper making him drop it as he quickly got back on to the boat. Now totally convinced there is for sure still a shark at bay Hooper and Brody hoped to explain their discovery and have the mayor shut down the beach until the shark was dealt with but with July 4th right around the corner I can't see Mayor Vaughn closing the beach right before the big holiday and ruining the mofia's income. Now things should start to pick up.

Journal 7

Finally the three (Brody, Hooper, and Quint) are setting out to sea to catch the giant man eating fish. After Mayor Larry Vaughn still continued to keep the beach open on July 4th it finally happened. With the beach covered in happy tourist, a group of young teens decided to play a prank on fellow swimmers and life guards by wearing fake fins on there heads. After the two were spotted, Amity lifeguards and authorities raced to the scene only two find two young boys wearing fins. While all authorities were concentrating on what they believed to be a shark, the real one entered a one-way body of water, were chief Brody’s son, his friends and a life guard were cornered. The shark right away attacked the life guard killing him, leaving the kids to swim back to shore except for Brody’s son who went into shock. With the shark stocking him as he stared it down in fear, a group of people along with Chief Brody raced into shore pulling the young Brody to safety. After the chaos chief Brody finally convinced Vaughn to hire Quint to do the job. Now the hunter (Quint), the scientist (Hooper), and the chief of police (Brody) must go and find the shark that is hunting and killing the people of Amity Island.

Journal 8

I just got finished reading how Chief Brody got his first up close look at the shark while laying down what I believed to be a chum line (fish guts). I think this is right around the time when he says in the movie "Where gunna need a bigger boat". Just before the up close sighting Quint attempted to snag Jaws after finally finding him with a large fishing pole but it failed. I’ve also noticed a tension between Hooper and Quint starting to build up which is something I don’t remember seeing in the movie or at least grow as much as it has in the book. So far the trip has gone alot slower than in the movie and has dragged on in a more realistic way, it took awhile just for the three to find Jaws and now that they have, they need to stay with him.

Journal 9

After a long night of battling with Jaws and successfully attaching a tracker to it (Quint harpooned a barrel to Jaws), Hooper, Quint and Cheif Brody settled down for a little relax time as they shared stories and scars while also having from the impression I got, a few beers too. Quint told of how he was in the World War and how survived when his ship was sunk which is something I didn't really get because that would make him alot older than he seemed in both the movie and book. anyways as night went on it seemed that the three began to drink more and more which cauused them to get louder and louder before breaking into a song. Which soon led to the wrong kind of attetion as the shark suprising attacked the boat leaving it to slowly fill with water. Once morning came and the three just finished repairing the boat, all of a sudden the barrel Quint harpooned to Jaws poped out of the water and now Brody is starting to get uneasy and nervous.

Journal 10

So far the battle between the three and Jaws has gone on much longer than in the movie for sure, now being several days in on their big fishing trip with no radio to use and little resources for fighting the beast. The three are getting much more intense and uneasy with each other, especially after Quint smashed the radio so Brody couldn't call for help. To make matters worse right after the smashing of the radio, Jaws returned for some more fun before being chased several minutes until being attached with another barrel/tracker or two. Thinking their chances just got better as they tied the rope to the stern so they'd keep track of Jaws, things actually got worse when it started to drag the boat backwards causing it to fill with more water before it eventually flooded the engine. After attaching a third barrel while still being pulled, Quint got his machete out to cut the ropes but just before he could do so, Jaws ripped the cleat's right off the boat's stern. Now with almost no hope the three must fight off the shark as it seems to not be settling down one bit and their boat is slowly disappearing under sea.