Outline!

People are both terrified and fascinated by sharks. In my paper I am going to explore different types of sharks, different works (movies, books, stories), and real life events where sharks are headlined. 

I. Introduction to the Ocean 

A. 75% of earth is covered by water

B. Little known about the ocean

C. Fear and Fascination

D. Peter Benchley

E. Introduction to Sharks

II. Types of Sharks---six dangerous sharks

A. Great White 

B. tiger sharks 

C. bull sharks

D. oceanic whitetips

E. makos and blue sharks 

F. any shark can ruin your day 

III. Real Life Shark attacks (More information to come) 

A. Shark Attack Statistics

B. Bethany Hamilton

C. Summer of 2001--- Jesse Arbogast 

IV. Peter Benchley's influence

A. Jaws 

B. Inspiration 

C. Interview-- 

D. Shark life

C. Shark Trouble 

V. Other fiction

A. Hemingway- The Old Man and the Sea

B. Edgar Allen Poe- The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym

C. James Dickey- The Shark's Parlor

VI. Films

A. Jaws

B. 12 Days of Terror (best plot)

C. Open Water (most likely to happen) 

D. http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/shark-movies.html

VII. Conclusion