BOY VS SHARK SC

What does it mean for a boy to “be a man”? That’s the question author Paul Gilligan explores in this memoir about the summer Jaws was released. For 10-year old Paul the film is a source of terror, as word spreads like wildfire amongst his contemporaries of the terrors it holds. Of course they all claim to have seen it, and if you haven’t then you’re some kind of wuss. But when he does see it, the movie leaves the young Paul traumatised, causing a growing distance between him and his daredevil best friend, and leaving him haunted by a super-macho spectre of Jaws goading him to be more of a man. A great one for young boys feeling that pressure to be tough guys.