The Next Best Book Club discussion

I know that there is a thread already out discussing the Twilight Series but I was just curious as to what the covers of the books mean?

Twilight hands holdin an apple (Adam & Eve?)
New Moon A bloody flower of some sort (killing nature?)
Eclipse A Red ribbon (A Race?)
Breaking Dawn A Chess piece (A Game or strategy?)

Does anyone have any theories or do they know??? I am just...well, curious I guess!

Twilight- temptation- Adam & Eve
New Moon- haven't figured this one yet- maybe fragile?
Eclipse- Red ribbon ripping is Bella being torn between Jacob and Edward
Breaking Dawn- Bella becoming stronger signified through pawn in the background to the queen piece in the front.

BTW, I found the signifance through other GR discussion groups that discuss Twilight specifically. But, the explanations seem right. I don't want to take credit for other people's ideas/theories.

The flower was chosen by the editors and had nothing to do with anything:

Q. What kind of flower is that on the cover, and what does it mean?

A. That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning... If you've read the Twilight FAQ, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don't know what the tulip means—I didn't have anything to do with this one.

From http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/nm_faq....

Twilight: What's with the apple?

The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit." I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Isn't this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You've got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you're frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death... Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology—look how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice.

Breaking Dawn:

What does the cover mean?

Breaking Dawn's cover is a metaphor for Bella's progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. In the end, it's Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.

There is no answer for Eclipse on her website

All from stepheniemeyer.com

WOW Sarah!!! Thanks a lot. Well at least I was on the right page. I guess I didn't want to do my homework and cheated instead!!

Jackie, I was sorta thinking the same thing about Eclipse but I totally fogot that when I was posting this.

Thanks, Sarah. I didn't think the apple had so much significance.

Donna, I hadn't even thought of the significance of the covers until I was reading discussions in other groups. Someone else in another group had also brought up the significance of the pictures in the inside of the book. I hadn't even really noticed them until I read about it. It's amazing to me what Twi-hards analyze. lol.

You mean the pictures on the title page? That is the only other pics I noticed.

I never even glance at them ntil you mentioned it.

Yes, those pictures. Apparently they are significant too.

I haven't read this series yet but I have to tell you that the series covers have a great impact that make me want to buy the whole set.

It's interesting that the author doesn't know what the tulip means.
Generally, the book cover must convey the main idea or what the book wants to say in some way, subtlly or conspicuously. Surely, the tulips must have mean something that different from the author's own interpretation of her book?

I wonder why she simply just gave up and let others pick the cover for New Moon? If all the other covers and title pages mean somthing then why give up on that one?