“Personally, I liked the book enough. I've never seen the movie in its entirety. I want to but haven't. Part 3 was the best, and I wish more of the book would've featured the trio on the boat, after the shark. As it was, the ending seemed tacked on to me and over abruptly. ”
“I think that the question about whether or not sharks eat black people, posed by the little boy is just one of many vignettes featuring the townspeople of Amity that Benchley ends several of his chapters with. I don't think it's intended to be anything racial, but is just one of many scenes to provide an insight into the lives and minds of Amity. ”
“i saw the movie a long time ago so i kinda want to read the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Saw the movie when I was a kid , supose I'll read the book now”
“both book and movie scared me enough to stay out the water ”
“i have heard people say this book was not as good as the movie, but i read this book years before i saw the movie, and, admittedly i was young and more easily impressed, but i thought it was a pretty good read.”
“Wow! This is what scare is.”
“Why was there some race issues?At the end of one of the chapters, there is a little boy that ask his dad, "Do sharks not eat black people"? He never comes back to this boy, why did he write this into the story?”
“My answer would be that it was the type of question a little boy might have asked, probably from hearing such information from his friends. I don't think Benchley meant anything racist. You are in Marine Biology? There may be a scientific answer if this is true?”
“By the way, it is "too" not "to" much into things.”
