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When I first look at the two covers I think of emptiness. The first cover is an abandoned boat tied up to a pole that is in a marshland. The first cover uses a lot of shadows and only one color. It is a golden sunset color but it does not give off the feeling of warmth like the majority of sunsets do. Instead it gives off a harsh feeling that gives the boat a deep shadow. If I had not read this book the cover would make me think the book is about a post-human world. There appears to still be human creations but there is no humans in sight. Also the ominous footsteps near the boat make it appear as though some thing or some event has drawn away people from spending their time in the boat. This image makes me think of the boat that Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy went to go see while Kathy was a carer and Ruth and Tommy were donors. While reading the story I imagined the boat to be a larger boat, like a cruise ship, but even a boat this small could have been an event that would distract the donors from their boring lives. This is from the viewpoint of Kathy, who is also the narrator. This may be her view of the boat when they all went to go visit it. It is from a humans eye level and Kathy said she walked further into the marsh than either Ruth or Tommy. People who would make this book would be the conspirator type. People who would read and like this book would be those interested in alternate possibilities of our world in the future and how human discovery can change the world greatly.





The second cover  also gives the feeling of emptiness. It has roughly drawn on a persons mid section with their organs outlined. This first reminds me of the donations that the clones have to give. It is also significant that the organs or the person is shaded in. This helps to give the impression that the person is only physical. This adds to the idea that many people did not believe that the clones had souls. If I had not read the book and looked at the cover I would most likely think that the book was about a fictional science event that happened and how it impacted people. This would not be that far from the actual plot line of the story. This cover is from the viewpoint of the everyday citizen in the alternate world created looking at a clone. It is said that many people did not think that the clones would have souls, and therefor they were only seen as a bunch of organs without any human substance. This is also similar to the current belief of many people that the animals we raise should not be allowed to roam free and do not have any souls so it doesn't matter how we treat them. I disagree with this current treatment People still today place accessibility over moral virtue and correctness. I think people involved with science and the possible outcomes that result from it would find this book interesting.