Magazine Cover

The passive blue background immediately creates a sympathetic or passive lens through which we will be viewing the magazine cover. That giant expanse of light blue surrounding the text and fish head also refer to the expanse of the ocean and how we should all be open, sympathetic, to hearing this argument. Blue is a color usually associated with the beauty of nature and calmness leading us towards a serious article but not serious in a sense of intensity but a sense of deep focus and attention must be payed to this topic. All of the angles and lines of the picture seem to slant towards the middle, such as the fish head and the gradient shortening of the first three lines of text, to emphasize the most important piece of information the cover is giving us, "Can farming save the last wild food?" This question is clearly the emphasis of not only the magazine cover but also the article. The fish is also depicted in the "fish out of water" state, hinting that the fish, or fish in general, is struggling for survival. The cover, and the article, lead us to believe that there is hope for fish and that is very possible for a comeback and continued survival. The problem presented is obviously very somber as a "recent report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean found that the world's marine species faced threats 'unprecedented in human history.'" The links between the text and the cover continue as the articles funnels itself into a very somber conversation on the future of fish. And just as the cover gave us hope the article ends with "aquaculture can be one more step toward saving ourselves". The rhetorical devices used on the cover of the article act as an exemplary introductory paragraph on this case as we are prepared to read the article upon viewing the cover.

Walsh, Bryan. "The End of the Line." Time July 7, 2011. July 20, 2011                                                                   <http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2081796,00.html>.

Second line should be indented but the post was not cooperating*****