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probably on her way to Panama , where she is to work as an army nurse ( see fig . 1 ).
Figures 1 – 3 . Cover Images of the American , Norwegian and Swedish Versions of Cherry Ames , Army Nurse . Images first published by Grosset & Dunlap ( Ralph Crosby Smith ), Forlagshuset ( Sten Nilsen ), and Bonniers ( Martin Guhl ).
Cherry is wearing a green army uniform in the illustration and is holding a pair of brown gloves in her right hand , while smiling and waving with her left hand . She looks straight at the reader and this eye contact has a communicative function where she asks for attention and that we , as onlookers , take part in her story and enter into an imaginary relation with her ( cf . Kress and van Leeuwen 116 – 18 ). Another woman is standing next to her , also smiling , and other people can be seen in the background , notably a man in some kind of military uniform . The Swedish cover depicts Cherry standing outside a building , probably Spencer hospital , dressed in a graduation uniform . She is looking to the right with a determined gaze and does not establish any contact with the reader . We are invited to look at Cherry , but she does not necessarily demand anything from the reader ( cf . Kress and van Leeuwen 119 ). Readers are put in a position where they wonder why Cherry looks so determined and what her
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