roman’s blog

The obvious recurring image is fire, which is either burning alone or on a book. The images of fire along with figures of firemen connect the two together. The fire fighters burn books in this book and here they are shown as either dark mysterious bad guys or some kid of sub human looking freaks. The cover that speaks to me the most is the last one which shows a figure of a person, a dog, and a few houses in the background. It stands out to me the most because of dark eerie colors like dark reds, blacks, and browns which gives it more of a depressing dark theme. The houses in the background seem old, abandoned, and ghostly unattractive which suggest a fearful and dangerous time. The supposed figure of a man looks more like a destructive robot machine out to do its orders. The way it looks I can tell it has no emotions and it doesn’t look like it would sympathize with a regular human-being. The figure is also armed and I think that’s why the ugly robot dog is put there which gives the armed figure more power and authority and the dog is sort of his only ally in his job and helps enforce his rules. The dog looks vicious and pretty dangerous with his eyes looking so fierce they way they are, his jaw open so wide which goes to suggest he is hungry for something to destroy… Perhaps books? The lack of text on the cover makes for more room so that the image can speak for itself.