Snow Falling On Cedars Book Report

The author of Snow Falling on Cedars is David Guterson. Guterson was born on May 4th, 1956 in Seattle, Washington, where his father was a criminal defense lawyer. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English literature and his Master of Fine Arts Degree in creative writing from the University of Washington. For 10 years, Guterson was a high school teacher; during this time, he began writing and publishing his works in magazines and periodicals. His third book, Snow Falling on Cedars, made him famous by earning the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award.
The book Snow Falling on Cedars is considered a novel with many elements of drama, historical fiction, and romance. It was published on September 12th, 1994, and has currently sold nearly four million copies. The novel was adapted into a film in 1999, and even received an Academy Award nomination for cinematography. Snow Falling on Cedars was also adopted into a play in 2007, and had its world premiere at the Seattle Book-It Repertory Theatre. In the short history of the book, it has been restricted or banned in numerous schools within the United States, mostly for the descriptive war scenes and sexual content.
Snow Falling on Cedars is
After World War II, people in San Piedro are particularly wary of the Japanese residents. They are not trusted; this is one profound reason why having Kabuo put on trial for Carl’s murder becomes so contradictory. Fortunately, people like Ishmael Chamber’s father understood years before the trial that these feelings are wrong: “Let us remember what is so easy to forget in the mad intensity of wartime: that prejudice and hatred are never right and never to be accepted by a just society” (184-185). Even though this was an excerpt from an article written about the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was still applicable to the trial and today’s society; the veracity of this statement makes it my favorite quote from the entire