Cover Up

The cover that I think is most effective and portrays the play A Midsummer Night Dream is cover number four. I think this cover is effective to the book because it represents the story well. I find that it represents the story well because it has many features to the cover that connect to the story. The fairies are out and about while the girl is sleeping. This is a good connection because the fairies never seem to be out and about in the woods when the humans are awake. They are always invisible as Oberon said when he first saw Demetrius "But who comes here? I am invisible; Ans I will overhear their conference." On the cover they are not invisible so I am assuming that the woman that is sleeping is non-other than the Fairy Queen Titania. I know this because in the book the fairies never did anything for the other girls only one did and that was Puck. The cover also is effective because of all the dark colours. The dark colours appear dark and deep. The colours stand out and catch the readers eyes because it is so dark and bold. Catching the readers eye is one thing but if it has nothing to do with the book than it will not work. In this case it does work. The colours being so deep, it makes it look like it is night time in the forest. That is perfect because the whole adventure in the forest took place while it was night time. The last thing that makes the cover effective and work with the book is the detail put into it. In the trees you can see houses that the fairies live in. That is great because it shows that the fairies are close to nature. You can see all of the fairies hiding in the trees and forest. That shows that they're most comfortable in nature, like when a rabbit sees a human it slowly backs into where it feels safe, the forest. That is what the fairies look like they are doing. There was only on thing that didn't make a lot of sense to me. The sky seems to be a very light color. So that means that either the illustrator made the colors in the trees to dark or that this a representation of the end of the book. I believe that it shows that it is the end of the night. If that is true why doesn't it show Helena, Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander sleeping in the woods. That would've made the cover almost perfect, but other than my suggestion, the cover is the most effective out of the rest of the covers.   
     

Connection Between Bilbo Baggins and Hermia

I already know what you are thinking. How are Hermia and Bilbo Baggins related? I know it sounds some what odd but just keep reading. Hermia is a young maiden from the classic play A Mid-Summer Nights Dream who is being forced to marry a man of her fathers choosing. Her choice is to rebel against her father and elope with her true lover, Lysander. Bilbo is rebelling against his fathers wishes in a different way. The Baggins are a very classy, non-adventurous, practical family, and that is how Bilbo is rebelling against his father. Bilbo was raised in a very Baggins matter. Practical, classy and not very wondering about the world around them. But yet still, Bilbo has traveled from the Shire, through the Misty Mountains battling Goblins, to traveling through the Mirkwood Kingdom stealing food from wood elves and saving his loyal dwarve friends, till he made it to the Lonely Mountain to fight Smaug, the keeper of the stolen gold and also fire breathing dragon. Bilbo is rebelling against his fathers true wishes. Bilbos father wanted him to be a classy , non-adventurous and practical, but in the end, Bilbo risked his life and well being just for a small amount of gold that the dwarves would give him. Hermia and Bilbo are much a like in the fact that they both rebel against their fathers wishes. Sometimes rebelling against your fathers wishes can be a good thing and get you some treasure like Bilbo, or you could rebel against your fathers wishes and have your true love fall in love with your best friend. I guess it's just the luck of the draw.