Question

Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave.” But there are other ways of reading Hokusai’s Great Wave. Look a little closer and you see that the beautiful wave is about to engulf three boats with frightened fishermen, and Mount Fuji is so small that you, the spectator, share the feeling that the sailors in the boats must have as they look to shore – it’s unreachable, and you are lost. This is, I think, an image of instability and uncertainty. The Great Wave tells us about Japan’s state of mind as it stood on the threshold of the modern world, which the US was soon going to force it to join. Which is the best summary of this excerpt? The author suggests that The Great Wave is a symbol of Japan as it entered into international trade. The author describes the fishing boats and fishers included in the woodblock print. Japan was an isolated nation until The Great Wave became popular. Japanese art is the most expensive and beautiful in the world.

Answer 1

the correct option is:

The author suggests that The Great Wave is a symbol of Japan as it entered into international trade.

If we accept the narrator's proposal and read what The Great Wave suggests, we see a fishing boat about to be swept away by the great wave of modernity.

Each element takes on an important symbolic value. For example, fishing is a central commercial activity in Japan. Also, the size of the fishermen and the mountain, they ´re minuscule in relation to the power of the sea.

Answer 2

The best summary is that the author suggests that The Great Wave is a symbol of Japan as it entered into international trade. (option A)

What is the excerpt about?

The excerpt analyzes the poem "The Great Wave: Hokusai" and the image that accompanies it from a different perspective. According to the author, the image and the poem do not refer only to man's relationship with the ocean. We can also find meaning connected to Japan's entry into international trade.

Japan was forced by the United States and the rest of the world to modernize itself quite quickly. Still a feudal country, Japan had to either adapt or be swallowed by the wave of modern trade.

With the information above in mind, we can choose option A as the correct answer.

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