Essay Archive - Critique of Snow Falling on Cedars
Critique of Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is a truthful tale about
a post World War II trial in which a Japanese-American fisherman, the first
American citizen in his lineage, is accused of killing a well known
American fisherman. The accused is Kabuo Miyomoto; dead is Carl Heine Jr.
The book takes place in the small town of San Piedro, one of the scenic San
Juan Islands in the early 1950s. The relationship of the two men is deeper
than being fellow fisherman. Before the war broke out, Kabuo's father had
an agreement to buy land from Carl's father. With two payments to go the
Miyomotos a....
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