Critique Of Snow Falling On Cedars

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relationship filled with stress: that of
Kabuo's wife Hatsue and her high school sweetheart, now local reporter
Ishmael Chambers. He cannot get over the loss of their relationship that
ended when Hatsue was sent to a relocation camp. All of these conflicts
are interwoven with the trial that rocks a small town. The charges against
Kabuo are eventually dropped when Ishmael, trying to ensure his love's
happiness, brings new evidence to light.
The author does a excellent job of writing this book. The imagery
that he uses intensifies one's mental picture of the story. You can even
tell the difference between the imagery he uses in pre-war and post-war
scenes. The pre-war images seem captured in faded, grainy, black and white
snapshots: Hatsue moving quietly through the small town high school in 1940.
Ishmael, at dusk the same year, crouched in the strawberry patch outside
her house, watching her hang out the wash. Hatsue's family crowded around
the radio for an entire day ...

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