This document summarizes and compares the cover design of the German version of The Hunger Games book to the American version. It notes that the German cover has a more complex and cluttered design than the simple American cover, featuring a model with red leaves in her hair and green in her eye against a backdrop of the book's German title in large text. Unlike the American cover, the Hunger Games logo is not featured prominently. The vibrant colors on the German cover are said to represent themes from the book like fire and rebellion.

1. I love the abstract feel and look this cover
has, with such a simple design. The red in
the leaves obviously
represents fire but in a
subtle way and the red
leaves really contrast
against the green
within the eye and
also her skin.
ʻDie Tribute Von Panemʼ means ʻThe Hunger
Gamesʼ and it stands out against the
background and is very large in size, the the
section below that is the name of the book
which is substantially smaller than the title
itself, theyʼre trying to bring in more people
with itʼs unique design and the title is very
large so people whoʼve heard of the series
will see it and recognize it.
Unlike the American cover this cover does not
contain The Hunger Games logo which is odd
as in the other cover it was the main focus of
the cover and this one itʼs not even here. It still
has a similar color scheme to the other with
the inclusion of red seeming to be one of the
main focuses of the cover.
This cover is very vibrant in its colors, all the
colors are very saturated and stands out
against each other, we also seem to have
two maybe three light sources, from the left
and right of the model and also there seems
to be one straight in front of our viewing
angle of her to really brighten her up and
add brightness and contrast to the image
without photoshopping it.
The color scheme which is used here can
represent a few things, for instance the red
in the leaves could represent fire which is a
major theme in this book or it could even
represent rebellion,
then the green in
her eye could
show the games
themselves as it
takes place in a
lot of forest
terrain so it could
represent that.
Compared to the American cover it is much
more cluttered, as the American one has a very
simple design this one is slightly more complex,
this could show how the different demographics
react to a certain cover design, also comparing it
to the American cover we have many more
colors used such as the skin tone and the green
in her eye where the other one was mainly red
and representing fire.
Another thing to compare to the
American cover is the different font
and style used on the text, on the
American cover it was very bold and
silver, on this one it is a lot less bold
and looks more sophisticated than
the other.