Steller- "Baby please don't go"

            I chose the background for my cover photo as the road going off into the sunset because it really represents the theme of running away.  It is a road leading away from where somebody just came from and it is going off into the unknown.  The quote I used for “Paul’s Case” is really the first time where the fact that he is running away from home is obvious.  The picture of the boy following the quote on the next slide represents Paul alone, running away, and miserable.  The black and white and the position the boy is sitting in shows those three things.  For “The Chrysanthemums” I used a quote that symbolizes Elisa’s craving for adventure and a new life.  She is tempted to run away but in the end she does not run away from her life, the valley, or her husband.  The picture of the valley with the sun setting over the mountains perfectly represents the quote from the story.  Elisa mentions it looking bright in the distance and so the sun setting over the mountain is the brightness in the distance disappearing.  For “Barn Burning” the last sentence of the entire short story is about running away.  It clearly describes the boy running away and not looking back.  I chose the picture of the dark trees because it says he went into the dark forest and never looked back.  It shows the gloominess of running away and how the boy feels.