The red of the leafs suggests fire, which is both in the title and a symbol of the main character. Red also shows danger and violence, with the darker shade of red being close to blood.

The leafs also tie into the whole nature aspect of the Hunger Games, walking through forests, hunting and foraging etc. The girlʼs face obscured behind the leafs makes it look like sheʼs hiding, using the forest and camouflage. This strongly links with the ideas in the book; hunting and hiding, and creates a very tense and dangerous front cover image.

The green of her eyes is amped up, making the one eye visible stand out a lot. This

could be linked with the theme of

individuality and freedom, as well as the way that this hero stands out among the others. Itʼs making her unique and special. It could also be to do with the hunting theme; with the eyes picked out itʼs clear sheʼs watching and waiting and prowling.

Compared to American covers, this one is much less focused on the revolution side of the story, and more on the Hunger Games themselves, the hunt and survival in nature. It doesnʼt feature the MockingJay symbol as a revolutionary image, nor fire directly.It shows there are more aspects of the story that can be used for the cover, other then the obvious.

This German cover is less gritty then other covers. Whilst others go for harsh fire and grunge textures, or technological graphics, this one is focused on nature and individuality. It seems much more “magical” then other covers, with the bright green eyes and red leafs, and flowing, swirly, almost gothic font.

The font is very different from other covers. Whilst most designs used with bold blocky text, here itʼs thine and spindly. The large curve winding out of the “N” and reaching two sharp points, looks dangerous and almost like a blade.It also as an elegance that really ties in with the nature theme that the cover focuses on.