Friday, January 27, 2012
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Judging by its cover, which contemporary sayings tell you explicitly not to do, the book looks interesting. Although my cover is a different version from most peoples', several things can still be deduced. The glass bottle with the yellow floor on it surrounded by 4 hummingbirds (presumably) can symbolize an array of things. The glass could symbolize assimilation because it is still its own object, yet it is clear and contures to anything around it or near it. The yellow flower coming out of the bottle, while although not the only yellow object on the cover, is the most prominant object of that color. It can symbolize that, even through the assimlation, the main charecter of the book still his her own person engrained in her, while the beauty of the flower may symbolize her own unique beauty. The hummingbirds can signify good things surrounding this girl because, well, the certainly don't symbolize anything bad, because they look innocent and are nice colors. A quote on the front cover says "Simply Wonderful - Los Angeles Times". I am not going to go off this, however. Because all of the hispanic authored novels we have read in school so far have been terrible, and who reads the LA Times anyway? Would have been more impressive had it been from the NY Times or something. The back cover contains a summary of the book and more relatively generic quotes from reviews, although all comment on how well the book is told and its language usage, so I assume atleast that is good. The book is also called 'powerful' twice, so I am expecting some sort of impact on me, what type, however, I don't know.
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I like your detailed description of the cover of the book, especially how you mentioned the way the glass can serve to show assimilation. This is especially relevant to the book because obviously its going to be about assimilation at some point. True story though that nobody reads the LA Times. I am expecting this book to blow me out of the water when the reviews say its going to be "Simply wonderful", however I agree that the other books written by Hispanic Authors have been dreadful experiences that took up my valuable time.
ReplyDeleteWow it was only six lines.....well here is my seventh: I hope too that this book has at least some sort of effect on me, or it will be a lousy time shared by many.
ReplyDeleteI do think that the book has a contemporary cover this may mean that it is interesting or it may just mean that they hired a good artist, which is what most book publisher companies do so that they can get some one to purchase their book. I really like the glass analysis, it flows and does make a lot of sense. I like how it shows/relates how glass is see through, and how a character may be see though as well. I also saw the quote on the front of the book by the LA times, and thought that it was interesting, but that they may have just paid them to do that. SO i would use some of these to help my decision making process, but i would not sully invest my opinion on those factors. My question to Alek is what other analysis do you think you can provide to things like setting?
ReplyDelete-Jimmy Pogorzelski
I, too, judged the book by it's cover even though that's the last thing you're supposed to do! I agree the color yellow plays a role of importance. Yellow is an energetic color, a happy color. I predict struggles throughout the book for the Garcia family. Hopefully, the color suggests that they will stay positive and happy throughout their tough times. As you said, the hummingbirds most likely don't mean anything negative because they're innocent, harmless creatures, like in To Kill A Mockingbird. Yes, books often have terrific reviews and end up horrible, but hopefully the reviews will tell a truth this time around.
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