Is it just a backpack?

This backpack is made of crocodile, its from the Mary Kate and Ashley clothing line. Some would say this is a fairly nice back but people are also shocked when the hear the price of it. At 35,000 US dollars this belly crocodile skin backpack is yours. This image is an example of visual rhetoric because it is portraying how cruel fashion can be. The backpack shows how animal skins are used for fashion, and not only that but items are priced so expensively that essentially only a small percentage would actually purchase such items.