The goal of the redesigned cover for J.D. Salinger’s “Nine Stories” is to represent the layering and depth of the stories while also hinting at a few important motifs throughout the stories. The banana plays into the “bananafish” of the first story while also reinforcing the idea of peeling back the layers to reveal the center of each story. “Nine Stories” written into the banana communicates the idea of corruption, a common theme throughout “Nine Stories”. The background is also a banana, but the recoloring and close up of the texture almost appears as water, another motif in the book. Blue and red are the primary colors, with yellow and to a lesser extent, green, the only other important colors. The smaller text is not designed to be read but is instead asking the reader to pay attention when they read the book. The titles, names, and numbers are texture rather than legible text, but inside they are everything. Each character is a person who either sees, does not see, or needs to be seen. Much of what is in the cover is designed to be understood only after the book has been read. Initially, it is meant to intrigue with the utilization of “useful mystery”.