Book Covers

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 166977

I am just getting into this discussion and do not have a good 
picture to work from, but here are my first impressions so far. If 
someone has a link to a better picture let me know. These are first 
impressions and a bit of free association.

My first impression of the U.S. version is that they are behind the 
veil, because of the curtains on each side. The sky is the color 
that we associate with Fawkes, with fire, with DD.  The strange 
building behind looks like the Colosseum in Rome, but I think that 
the Hogwarts Express train also runs on something that looks like 
that.  And there are people watching.  Is the figure LV or a 
Dementor? 

There looks like blood on Harry’s shirt near his heart. 
The people behind are not judges, they are witnesses. 
What is the black thing in front of LV and Harry? Is it a spider?

Harry is looking up.  LV is falling backwards and slipping out of 
his robes. Are we sure it is LV and not someone or something else?

The UK Children’s cover is confusing. Why is one wearing a green 
robe and one a blue one? And Harry, a black one? Is this Harry, Ron 
and Hermione? The one is green has red hair, so must be Ron. 

Water and Fire is shown here and is Alchemy symbolism.  The mixing 
of fire and water are a very important part of Alchemy. It is one of 
the last steps in producing the stone. It is the union of opposites. 
Fire colors are also the colors of Gryffindor.  Do we have 
Gryffindor and Slytherin united in some form?

Who has the sword? It is not Hermione or Harry. Ron, in his left 
hand?
Or is this a clock?  It looks like they are being sweep down a pipe 
again with the color of fire in the background.  Maybe it is some 
place we have not seen before. And if it is a sword, why doesn’t 
Harry have it? 

That is all for now.
Tonks_op
(who has not been here for awhile. I have been very active at Yahoo 
Answers, Religion and Spirituality section.)