New Book Cover – “The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time”

In this novel, The curious incident by Mark Haddon, I think the upside-down dog on the middle of the cover has something to do with the fact that the book started with the dog Wellington being killed and it also ends with Christopher getting a new dog. I think the upside-down dog is also a symbol of new beginnings because you can turn any picture upside-down to turn it into a completely new picture. I think the style of the front cover is to make it look as if it’s a journal because many times during the book it mentions that this is Christpher’s book, and he wrote it. Another thing in the book that shows that the book is being written by Christopher, is the whole story is being told from his perspective. Also,  he often explains his thinking and how his mind works, and his overall perspective on different things throughout the book. For example, he often uses similes such as “It was like was swinging from side to side, as if it was at the top of a really tall building, and the building was swinging backward and forward in a strong wind.” This helps the reader to understand how he is feeling in that moment. 

On the cover I created for Mark Haddon’s the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, I chose to put the galaxy because throughout the book Christopher makes many comments about him feeling like his in space and how he wants to be an astronaut. I also added in a fading moon in the background I used this to represent how in the end of the story Christopher makes up with his dad after finding out he killed Wellington and starts to forgive his father but, making sure he doesn’t forget what he had done. The moon also easily connects to Christopher wanting to be and astronaut. Looking at the cover I created you may notice I chose to use red lettering instead of your basic black. I did this because it is mentioned multiple times in the book that red is Christopher’s favorite colour. The book also shows that Christopher finds a sense of comfort in the colour red you can notice this when Christopher talks about his car system and how he bases how good his day is going to be based off how many cars he sees in a row of a certain colour. “4 red cars in a row made it a Good Day, and 3 red cars in a row made it a Quite Good Day, and 5 red cars in a row made it a Super Good Day.”