How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Jaws.
Quote #7
HOOPER: Mr. Vaughn, what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks.
This nifty simplification of what a shark is has been a thorn in the side of every shark conservationist since 1975. But it demonstrates that Hooper thinks of the shark in terms of natural instincts, evolution, etc.
Quote #8
QUINT: Nowadays, these kids, they bring everything. Radar, sonar, electric toothbrushes. […] Yeah, that's real fine expensive gear you brought out here, Mr. Hooper! 'Course I don't know what that bastard shark's gonna do with it. Might eat it, I suppose.
Quint's dismissive of Hooper's super-scientific, Jacques Cousteau-like approach to catching the shark. Is he right? Is he just being stubborn and territorial? What in his experience might make him suspicious of technology?