10. Does the front cover of the book make you understand the story?
My book is a novel called Around the world in Eighty Days. It
was originally written by the Frenchman Jules Verne in 1873 and later translated into English. The main characters of story are Phileas Fogg, his servant Passepartout an detective Fix, but there are secondary roles, as well, that are instrumental in the unfolding of the story. Each book has its special front cover which has the intention to introduce the candidate readers to the topic, giving to them a little taste concerning the story. In addition, there is an extra goal; to strike and attract them in order to be motivated them to read the book. Regarding the front cover of this book, it is about an uncommon and attractive cover which provokes the readers curiosity. In particular, it presents a carriage of train that may have been derailed and two people on it, a girl and a man, who seem to be in danger. Therefore, examining carefully the front cover, we are not able to comprehend the fundamental meaning of the story but only some points of the plot. To be more specific, we can assume that the story concerns various journeys and possible dangers along the way but in one case, we can understand the accurate plot that is regard with the bet which the protagonist made and the journeys that had been followed around the world in eighty days. Moreover, the title of the book, which is included in the front cover, makes us suspicious that the book is related with a tour around the world. In addition, it informs us that this tour lasted eighty days but we are not aware of the reasons or the conditions of travelling. All in all, I believe that the front cover is as instructive and informative as it is necessary in order to fire our imagination and urge us to read the book immediately!