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.

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o