When I began to write this blog post, I wanted to take it in the direction of art because I really liked the assignment we did on online school where we connected art to the book. So, I looked up Day of the Locust and the first thing I saw was this film cover, which really intrigued me. I think this cover gives somewhat an overview of what happens in the novel and what’s to come, and I especially liked how the cover depicts Homer. His mouth is open in a scream, and at the ending the audience discovers that in reality “his jaw [was] hanging as though he wanted to scream but couldn’t” (181). This was one the quotes that really stuck with me throughout the novel and was quite unsettling to me, and I think this unsettling feel is carried through the cover. Faye is depicted as a much bigger piece of the cover, but somehow Homer is the thing that caught my eye, which I think was intentional by the artist. Overall, the film cover is very interesting, and it makes me wonder how the movie compares to the book, and in what ways they might differ.
Great American Novels 2020 
It’s interesting that you made a connection between Homer’s surprised face on the poster and the closing scene of the text in which he somewhat disturbingly is trying to scream. I think the film poster is a very accurate visual of the chaos that happens in The Day of The Locust.
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I really like this movie poster that depicts The Day of the Locust. I think that a large theme of The Day of the Locust is illusion, like the “dead horse” in the bottom of the tub or the author’s overall goal to expose Hollywood for what it truly is. I think that this poster accurately depicts this theme of illusion. At first glance, it looks glamorous but as you look closer you notice the depiction of Homer that you pointed out in your blog post.
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I agree with you that the film cover is very representative of the book. Everything going on in this image highlights the unpredictable nature of the novel. That is very cool how you connected that quote with the image of Homer on the cover!
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