Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave."
What is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?
So The Great Wave, far from being the quintessence of
Japan, is a hybrid work, a fusion of European materials and
conventions with a Japanese sensibility. No wonder this
image has been so loved in Europe: it is an exotic relative,
not a complete stranger
O The Great Wave was created using European
techniques
O The Great Wave was created using Japanese materials.
The Great Wave represents feelings of contentment in
Japanese culture
O The Great Wave represents feelings of ambivalence in
Japanese culture.
It also, I think, shows a peculiarly Japanese ambivalence.
As a viewer, you have no place to stand, no footing. You
too must be in a boat, under the Great Wave, and in
danger. The dangerous sea over which European things
and ideas travelled has, however been drawn with a
profound ambiguity

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

What is the best way to improve the conclusion? add a sentence to the ending that summarizes the writer’s topic. add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences. revise the final sentence to have a different tone. revise the first sentence to state a future goal.

Which sentence contains a restrictive