Close to Shore (1)

5-White sharks usually stay in the ocean.
-During the 1900s a lot of people did not know how a shark looked like, only on newspaper drawings or cartoon drawings.
-Herman Oelrichs was a man that went into the ocena with sharks, and the sharks did not attack him.
-The bite of a 6-foot lemon shark is about 7 tons per square inch.
-A white shark is about 20 feet, 3,000 pounds.

4-Did the people wanted to see or even get near a real shark?
-Did Oelrichs recieve his award that he proposed of $500?
-Can a white shark get out of the ocean?
-Can a white shark adapt to an environment that is different from the ocean?

3-amateur: person who engages in a study
ephemeral:lasting a very short time
Ichthyologists:the branch of zoology dealing with fishes

2-Imagery:I"ts dark top matched the leaden sea; its white bottom blended with sunshine reflected from beneath"
-Point of view: 3rd person

1- Thanks to Oelrichs, he made a point that some sharks to atatck only in deffense