IMAGES
In this hypertext, there
are twenty-three different images and one figure of watch 
that you find at
the bottom of each page. If you click on it, it will lead you to the beginning
of the story. In my opinion this figure represents the headline. It is good
manner how to interpret 24 hours.
.
All the images are black and white or
grey. There are only two pictures you
can click on; the first one and one that appears when you enter to Polly’s room
There is also one drawn picture and
it is the one you see when you go to bookshop. In the following lines you will
find the analysis of all the pictures you see while reading.
IMAGES:
In this picture we see a long street with some
buildings and cars. I think the author chose this image to give general
information about the locality the story take place. It is the unique figure we
can click on.
The second image we are offered by the author
is this one. Here the reader is standing on the corner looking up and down the
street. We can see one house with fourteen windows and one door. Next to the
house there are some trees and tool cable circuit. In front of the house there
is a road sign saying NO ENTRY.
Maybe because of the sky, this place
seems to be tenebrous. As a reader I feel melancholy and solitude.
However I think this was the aim of the author because after clicking you enter
to another world, full of new people.
In this picture the reader is coming
in to the house. The perspective has been changed. We see just a small part of the
house. We have a more detailed view. It is representing our approximation to
the world of Jess' friends and also to the investigation of what had happened
to the cousin.
Another picture you can see is this
one. Here the reader has already entered into the house. In the image you see
three shadows. I think that it is because we still don’t know the people. They
are introduced by their names, but you don’t have any description of their
aspect which means you can imagine them the way we want.
In this picture you see a dark room.
This dark light may represent the life of the people living there. The room is
messy what should characterize a chaotic lifestyle of Jess' friends.
It is difficult to describe the
things in the room so I suppose they are not as important as the light and mess
that give you some information to understand better the story.
Academic
year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Káposztásová Monika
kaposzta@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València Press