Snow Fall on Ceders

This book "Snow Falling on Ceders" was published by David Guterson in 1995, and also released as a movie in 1993. This story is set in the USA when the World War Ⅱ. Miyamoto who is Japanese-American and also a accused person, because he was alleged to kill Carl Heine who was a salmon fisherman with a wife and three children. Hatsue Miyamoto is a Kazuo's wife. She fell in love with Ishmael Chambers, who is a journalist, when they were young. However, they couldn't get over the wall of race, and they broke up. He had testimony of making Kazuo innocent, but he hesitated to show it because he was still in love with her. The important vocabularies are 1.prejudice which means an unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person, group, custom etc, 2.Jap which means an offensive word for a Japanese person, it is a taboo word though. 3.Court which means the place where legal trials take place and where crimes etc.

This story makes me thinking about prejudice. While I read it I was sad and I was just confused to think about feeling of Japanese who lived in the generation. However, after I finished to read this book, it came up another feelings. The love story of Ishmael and Hatsue was moving. I can't express how the story was with a few word, but I realized we need to know more the histrical aspect such as what they thought at the time. I also realized how the relashionship was important. I recommend you to read this book or watch the movie, and think about deeply. You might find a feeling that you forget now.