Jaws: Shark is nature's revenge for debauchery

Release Date: February 17, 2006 This content is archived.

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An article on Slate looks at Peter Benchley's novel, "Jaws," and quotes Stefan Fleischer, associate professor of English, who teaches a course on the novel and says "People who are sexual outside of marriage get punished. And if it's society as a whole that has loose morals, it'll get eaten up by a shark." Go to article.

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