Reasoning for book cover of Catcher in the Rye

As can be seen the cover page is in black and white which gives the cover kind of a dim, negative effect. This portrays Holden's character as he always looks at things in a negative way. When he looks at people he calls them phony, and when he looks at things he calls them bad, useless, or not worth buying. He always criticizes people and things and never looks at their positive traits. His character can be portrayed by the colors black and white. Black and white colors are usually given to paintings or cover pages to give them a sad, depressing look. It is not hard to see that Holden is a kind of a depressing person, therefore the colors black and white suit him. In the cover page he is wearing his hat with the peak pointed back which is exactly how he likes it, the hat is one of the only things that he carries around and appreciates. This gives the hat a unique value and therefore it is important to have it in the cover page for "The Catcher in the Rye". He is reading "The Great Gatsby" because literature is one of the only things that he cares about. Whenever he is talking about literature he seems happy, he is usually interested to talk about literature, not like other subjects which he hates. His love and skill for literature makes it extremely important for it to be present in the cover page for the book. In the background there is an open landscape which portrays the fact he has nothing planned for his future, shows that he is just a person moving in a direction with no goal in mind. Overall the cover page shows Holden walking with no endlessly with no goal in mind, walking with only literature to accompany him, and a hat with which he is obsessed.