Literature of Region 7

Shark attacks still happen to this day. There’s nothing more terrifying than hearing a story in the news of a mighty, great white shark killing an innocent person. He mentions the backlash of Hollywood blockbusters such as “Jaws” and “Sharknado 3” that intensifies one’s fear. Sharks have evolved in our

“. A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!...”There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. ...The water bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the trees, poured like a cold shower over the struggling heap on the sand. Presently the heap broke up and figures staggered away. Only the beast lay still, a few yards from the sea. Even in the rain they could see how small a beast it was; and already its blood was staining the sand.... Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” (Golding 152-154)

o Page 49 “…the hooked fish, the female, made a wild, panic-stricken, despairing fight that soon exhausted her..”

Hooper brings along a lot of his very expensive marine-biologist equipment to help them find this beast quicker. Also, they bring along some chum to attract the shark more easily. After being idle for some time, Brody and his crew finally see sign of the shark. The shark bites into the boat, and swallows up Quint in the process. At that point, Hooper is under water in the anti-shark cage attempting to stab the shark. Before the ship sinks, the Ultimate Boon occurs when Brody shoots a compressed air tank while it is in the shark 's mouth.

"You know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour."

Although the men had survived the plane crash, their survival abilities were about to be tested with sharks as well as hunger and thirst. As Louis and the two men climbed into the small raft, sharks began to circle them and stuck with the men as they floated. “He was kneeling there when one of the sharks that he had touched leapt from the water at terrific speed, mouth wide open, lunging straight at his head...trying to get its mouth around his upper body. Louis, his hands on the animal’s snout, shoved as hard as he could, and the shark splashed back into the water. A moment later, the second shark jumped up. Louis grabbed an oar and struck the shark in the nose” (167-168). Louis was able to react quickly to his current predicament while staying relatively calm and doing what he believed would force the shark back into the water. In addition, right after the plane crash, Mac ate the entire supply of chocolate that the rafts were equipped with. Louis, understandably upset with Mac’s action, angered Louis since they had no other

Finally, The old man also saw a Mako shark during his journey which was the first shark he encountered after catching the giant Marlin. “When the Old man saw him coming, he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished.”The shark comes with celerity to eat the dead marlin, but ends up being killed by the Old Man. The shark is the only sea creature the old man knows that is not apprehensive. The shark does anything he wants without looking at the consequences even if it means death. The shark has a never giving up attitude. The shark is like a thief that tried to steal the Old Man’s marlin without looking at the risks.

Closing statement: Despite sharks’ bad reputation, they do not deserve to be massacred at such extreme rates for something like a fin that makes up only 4% of their body weight.

to the old man and his recent kill. Seeing as how when the old man kills the fish is supposed

Beginning with the simplest one-celled organism, an extraordinary animal rose in the murky waters entitled to a non-comparable killing-eating machine. This organism has become nature’s most genuine and most successful creature that it has remained unchanged for over 250 million years. Nature finally invented the perfect king of the sea. This animal has given the sea it’s “living” adjective; in turn, it was entitled—the “great white shark.”

An encounter with a shark is not something that many people really want to experience. The movie Jaws definitely put the fear of the ocean into many people. Sharks have been all over the media lately; Shark Week on the Discovery Channel just ended, and several attacks have been reported over the last few months. However, on a happier note, a beached Great White was saved this weekend in Cape Cod by beachgoers who sympathized with the struggling animal.

“I was just attacked by a shark!” An elite thirteen year old amateur surfer had just got attacked. Bethany Hamilton was at the beach with her best friend Alana. While surfing Bethany got attacked by a tiger shark! The sharks bite off her arm. Alana’s dad Holt took control while Bethany was in a state of daze, but Bethany stayed calm. Bethany resilience will later take her far after becoming an amputee.

In “What do you know about sharks?” by Sharon Guynup and “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley the clique thought of the “anthropophagous”, savage, and villainous shark is turned on its head. The two articles take widely accepted myths and debunk them with facts. Evidence that supports that the fish aren’t the vicious marine people-eaters that the media has depicted them as has been found. In this text the findings on the animal will be explored. This is the shark’s Real Bite.

But everyone is different and reacts differently to situations. Some people believe that sharks are mindless killing machines and actively hunt humans whereas others believe that sharks are beautiful creatures and should be left to their own devices. The family of Ken Crew gave a statement regarding the question of this essay at Crew’s funeral, which was “Let the shark live. Ken loved the sea and appreciated the creatures that live in it. He would not have wanted the shark killed, and neither do we.” This statement was personally surprising as it could be seen as a rare view, especially coming from the family of a man who was killed by a shark. People who have been attacked by sharks and lived have stated that they feel no ill will towards their attacker. An example of this is Heather Boswell, who went swimming with some friends in 1994 and lost her leg to a shark, although she doesn’t feel that the shark should be killed for taking her

Her final outreach in an attempt to survive was when she “hit the beast on the head with her…arm” (Martel 131). This startling action the orangutan produces is evidence that she has abandoned her passive nature when she witnesses the hyena’s brutal capabilities. Additionally, Pi, a passive character also, has violent thoughts toward the hyena after the zebra’s death because of his feeling of terror and need to survive. The death of the zebra provokes “intense hatred for the hyena” as Pi “[thinks] of doing something to kill it… [but does] nothing” (Martel 120). Pi’s reaction to the zebra’s death forms into bitter feelings for the hyena because the hyena inherently shows its true colors of savagery. However, the desire to survive prevents Pi from doing anything against the hyena because his “sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival” (Martel 120). This selfishness that Pi experiences is against his own moral beliefs, however he finds it necessary to look past his own morals because of his intense desire to live. Pi’s desires to abandon his beliefs and resort to violence stem from the scene of the zebra’s mutilation. Therefore, the cruel death of the zebra ignites a stronger desire to live from the other members on the boat and causes a shift in their own behaviors.