Snow Falling On Cedars Response
Snow Falling on Cedar Response Chapters 1-10 The book Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, is a courtroom drama that highlights flashbacks of WWII through the protagonist, Ishmael Chambers, and other characters. The plot of the story is Ishmael’s deep obsession for a Japanese-American girl named Hatsue, who is married to an accused murderer named Kabuo. What I like about the story is how certain clues from the story add to blame Kabuo for the death of Carl Heine. For example, when Horace pointed out, “He got hit pretty hard with something fairly flat, Art. Puts me in mind of a type of gun butt wound I saw a few times in the war. One of those kendo strikes the Japs used.” (Guterson 58). This piece of evidence found points out that Kabuo
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Ishmael did certain things that would define him as a creep or even a stalker. He tried to force certain situations when Hatsue did not want to do anything. For example, when Ishmael kissed Hatsue he realized, “He pushed too hard, and she planted one hand beneath the water behind her to keep from falling over.” (Guterson 99). This indicates that Ishmael is being forceful with Hatsue and she deserves to not be treated this way. There were other instances that show signs of him being a stalker. For example, when, “Ishmael returned the following evening; five nights in a row he spied religiously.” (Guterson 105). Ishmael made the wrong decision by trying to force situations out of Hatsue and even went to the extent of stalking her. Hatsue deserves space and did believe having a relationship with Ishmael would mean controversy would start in their community. If I were in Ishmael’s situation I would stop and listen to what Hatsue wants. If she did not want to do anything with Ishamel he should respect that. The author wrote it this way to show Ishmael won’t stop until he gets what he wants. The author advances the plot when Kabuo and Hatsue marry. He uses this to show that Ishamel is deeply obsessed with Hatsue because he tries to talk to her even when she’s
Ishmael did certain things that would define him as a creep or even a stalker. He tried to force certain situations when Hatsue did not want to do anything. For example, when Ishmael kissed Hatsue he realized, “He pushed too hard, and she planted one hand beneath the water behind her to keep from falling over.” (Guterson 99). This indicates that Ishmael is being forceful with Hatsue and she deserves to not be treated this way. There were other instances that show signs of him being a stalker. For example, when, “Ishmael returned the following evening; five nights in a row he spied religiously.” (Guterson 105). Ishmael made the wrong decision by trying to force situations out of Hatsue and even went to the extent of stalking her. Hatsue deserves space and did believe having a relationship with Ishmael would mean controversy would start in their community. If I were in Ishmael’s situation I would stop and listen to what Hatsue wants. If she did not want to do anything with Ishamel he should respect that. The author wrote it this way to show Ishmael won’t stop until he gets what he wants. The author advances the plot when Kabuo and Hatsue marry. He uses this to show that Ishamel is deeply obsessed with Hatsue because he tries to talk to her even when she’s