Jaws_Character_Analysis_Essay

Jaws:  //Character Analysis Essay // When critics call //Jaws // “a fish out of water story,” they are //not // referring to the shark hopping up on the boat. ..

Context: The term “a fish out of water” is an **idiom** (or “turn of phrase”). It refers to a person stuck in a place or situation that seems unnatural; a person who feels unfamiliar or uncomfortable with her or his new surroundings.

A “fish out of water //story”// uses this concept as a **plot device**. In a “fish out of water story,” a protagonist finds oneself in a scenario, environment, culture, or time period //completely// alien to them—a world totally foreign to that which she or he is accustomed. In “fish out of water stories,” this makes for humor, suspense, social commentary and combinations of those.

Instructions: Consider //Jaws—//the novel and the film. In //both// contexts, what is the story //really// about? How do we know? Perform **a multi-paragraph analysis** (four-to-six paragraphs) of Brody’s character. What is outright stated or presented (**direct characterization**) and what is inferred (**indirectly characterized**.). Next, pointing to//specific// **evidence** from both texts, identify Brody’s **conflict__s__** (as in “more than one”).With whom //and// what is Brody conflicted? Then describe where and when we see the following conflicts taking place in both the novel and the film: **Man versus Man, Man versus Society,** and **Man versus Himself**.

In short: Perform a thorough “dissection” of Brody’s character; tie your observations to the major conflicts and **__themes__** exhibited throughout the story as a whole.


 * You must __equally__ balance evidence cited from the novel with evidence cited from the film. One source should not “dominate” the essay. (You can, however, focus primarily on the novel as a source of evidence, if you so choose.) **

For your reference, here are the pamphlets you read. You can download them to copy-and-paste evidence from the novel into your paper:


 * [[file:1. Jaws Pamphlet (All Chapters) 2018.doc]]. **

For your reference, here are a series of clips from the film, outlining the most essential moments from the plot…

To review the **Point of Attack**, click ****.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the **Exposition**, first watch __****__, and then watch ****.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the **Inciting Incident**, click ****.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the various **Rising Actions and Complications**, watch these clips in order. . . **** . . . **** . . . **** . . . **** . . . and ****. ..

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the **Turning Point**, click ****.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the **Climax**, click ****.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">To review the **Resolution**, click __****__.