Peter Benchley's love of the ocean causes him to sound an elegiac note in Beast, because the ocean may be irreparably damaged unless the destructive tendencies of the human race are placed under strict control. In the novel, the North Atlantic has been overfished, and the lack of fish threatens the livelihood of many people such as Whip Darling, whose family has been fishing the waters off.....
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