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What book are you currently reading? Oct 22, 2019 16:05:18 GMT nutsberryfarm 🏜 and OldSamVimes like this

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Post by marco26 on Oct 22, 2019 16:05:18 GMT

Oct 22, 2019 15:14:46 GMT OldSamVimes said:

Oct 21, 2019 17:53:47 GMT marco26 said:

Would have been better if they made it about a shark.
Peter Benchley knew that.

I'm not sure.

A shark is terrifying but doesn't have the same mystique as a leviathan from the depths.

Man, I was clearly making a joke. However...

A shark does have mystique about it. A creature on Earth still in existence from the age of the dinosaurs...a creature that is a known man-killer (a whale is not that), the sight of a dorsal fin moving through the water... Much mystique to a Great White shark.

Benchley admitted when he wrote "Jaws" he was just trying to do a version of "Moby Dick." His Ahab is Quint (Quint's death is exactly the same), his whale is a shark. I never realized how much "Jaws" is similar to "Moby Dick" until I read Melville's masterpiece.