My cover is not fully shown in the picture above. But this image I drew is of the Statue liberty holding a birdcage and ducks escaping from the cage and flying where they need to be. She’s also coming out of a filed of rye. The viewers are supposed to view it like they're looking up at the Statue of Liberty in order to see the ducks flying over her head. I chose the Statue of Liberty, not only because the book takes place in New York, but in the poem, Catcher in the Rye, it says, “She draigl't a' her petticoatie.” The Statue of Liberty has a garment of clothes that is draped all over her body that she has to drag around. The poem is about a girl named Jenny and I made the Statue of Liberty resemble Jenny. Her struggles to drag all her weight through the rye symbolize freedom. History tells us that the Statue of Liberty symbolizes independence and freedom. Liberty literally means freedom from external or foreign rule; independence. Instead of the torch I drew her holding a birdcage. In the book, Holden is constantly asking where the ducks go for winter. He’s looking for answers because he, himself, has nowhere to go and no idea what do with his life. He’s trying to find the light in the tunnel, and escape this imprisonment he’s feeling. I drew the ducks escaping and flying away from that imprisonment. The main theme of my cover is about freedom, getting past the stage of feeling imprisoned and never looking back.
I found your cover picture interpretation to be extremely creative. The Statue of Liberty, portraying the connection New York was very interesting, symbolic, and insightful. I also found the connection you made of the Statue of Liberty's government, to the "petticoatie" in the poem Comin Thro' The Rye. The Statue of Liberty is a perfect representation of freedom, just as you had intended it to be when you drew the cover of your book. Lastly, I also found your reference to the ducks very interesting, and its reference to freedom as well, which was the main theme of your book cover interpretation.
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