All Photos:
The four photos, while
not all exactly similar, contain very similar elements in which allow them to
be reminiscent of one another. One way that this is demonstrated is that three
of the four covers all feature some sort of a human being. The way that this
similarity across three of the four photos is different however, is that one of
the images is a photo from a camera, another is a painting, and the final is a
drawing of a human body. The novel-covers are also similar in the way that the
colors that they use are mostly neutral. This was most likely done in order to
communicate to the reader that this will not be a happy story. The covers are
also similar in the way that three of them contain scenes from nature on the
front. One shows a human in a field, another a boat on a lake, and the final is
a human body in front of a forest.
Compare and Contrast Two
(Boat on the Lake and Girl in Field):
The first words that come
to my mind for Girl in Field is loneliness and isolation. This would make sense
in relation to Never Let Me Go because of the feelings of loneliness that would
arise from the children coming to terms with the fact that they are clones with
no purpose in life other than to die. For Boat on the Lake, the first word that
comes to my mind is loneliness, as well. By showing the empty image of a boat
by itself, the reader is struck with a sense of isolation. Again, this would be
done to foreshadow the book ahead. If I had never read the novel, I would
assume that the book was about a lonely girl from the Girl in Field novel
cover. After having read the book, I know that this is somewhat true as the
book is indeed about a girl who has to deal with loneliness and emotions. The
Boat on the Lake cover is different as if I were to simply view the cover I
would imagine that the body of water played an important role in the plot-line.
After having read the book, I feel that this is simply not true. As a person
who judges a book by its cover, I find this cover to be misleading, and
therefore offensive. In the first novel cover, it is obvious that the girl is
going to be the person who is portrayed. However, since we are looking in on
her, I would not assume that she would be the narrator of this book. The other
novel cover is different in the way that we are looking through the eyes of
someone, perhaps a narrator. While we don’t know as much about the narrator’s
identity, we know more about how the story will be told. These covers do little
to touch on the cultural constructions of the novels. If anything, all they
serve to do is inform the audience that many of the people in the book will
experience loneliness within its pages. The covers are interesting because it seems
like they are advertising the same book to different target markets. The first
cover appears to be advertising to people who want to read a novel about the
internal conflicts of a woman. This is done by showing a close-up image of a
girl. The second novel cover appears to be advertising to people who want a
book to discuss nature instead. This is done by photographing nature, thus
highlighting this aspect of the novel.
