A Rhetorical Analysis Of Sharks

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The main focal point of the painting is the dark-colored man with no shirt, laying on the right side of the boat, which is in the center of the middle ground. The dark-colored man is a focal point because he is the only person in the boat and it is surprising how he is not looking at the sharks, but is instead looking towards the right. He symbolizes mortality and survival in the middle of danger because in his hand he holds a sharp wooden object that he used to stab the sharks, which resulted in the red hue on the water. Also, the man’s posture of looking away from the sharks and having a fixed gazed connotes his audacity, perseverance, and braveness against anything that passes through his way like the sharks. His posture is saying to ignore

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