How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Jaws.
Quote #4
ELLEN BRODY: My husband tells me you're in sharks.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves: Hooper's the shark guy.
Quote #5
BRODY: Yeah, now this guy, he, he keeps swimming around in a place where the feeding is good, until the food supply is gone, right?
HOOPER: Yeah, it's called territoriality. It's just a theory that I happen to agree with.
Once again, Chief Brody is checking his own research against Hooper's expertise. He's done some homework. Both of them still see the shark as an animal, not as a monster.
Quote #6
BRODY: This is a great white Larry, a big one! And any shark expert in the world will tell you it's a killer! It's a man-eater! […]
HOOPER: It's a carcharodon carcharias. It's a great white!
This speech fails to move Mayor Vaughn. All the references to scientific classification, experts, etc., fall on deaf ears because Vaughn has other things on his mind, like fear of ruining the tourist season that the island depends on. He's a shark-attack denier.