Cultural Reflections in Art and Artifacts — Test

Question 24 • Language Arts 12

Look at the painting The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai. Expand Image Which excerpt from the poem "The Great Wave: Hokusai" best supports the conclusion that the artist intended the wave to feel threatening?

Answer

It is because the sea is blue, Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blue Men have white faces, like the snow On Fuji, like the crest of the wave in the sky the color of their Boats.

It is because the air Is full of writing, because the wave is still: that nothing Will harm these frail strangers, That high over Fuji in an earthcolored sky the fingers Will not fall

In the painter's sea All fishermen are safe. All anger bends under his unity. But the innocent bystander, he merely 'Walks round a corner, thinking of nothing': hidden

He stands half in and half out of the world; he is the men, But he cannot see below Fuji The shore the color of sky; he is the wave, he stretches His claws against strangers.

Explanation

The excerpt in D describes the wave as stretching “His claws against strangers,” which makes it seem like a threatening creature attacking people. The other excerpts focus on color, calmness, or safety rather than danger. Choice D most clearly supports the conclusion that Hokusai intended the wave to feel threatening.

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