David Guterson: A New Perspective

David Guterson was born in Seattle, Washington on May 4, 1956. He was born as a couple named Murray Bernard and Shirley Guterson. His father is a criminal defense lawyer and his mother is a housewife (Guterson). As a child, Guterson likes to read books of interest. As he read these books, he learned how powerful a story is in shaping human values ​​(Guterson). After graduating from college, David went to the University of Washington (Guterson). Guterson participated in various courses including Anthropology and Oceanography (Guterson) in the first two years at the University of Washington. When I was in my third year of college, he took a short story course.

In David Guterson's "Five Thousand Wet Souls" community (Guterson 5), I explain in his novel "Snow Falling Cedar". A community of diverse ethnic groups including Caucasian and Japanese. Due to racial discrimination, racial discrimination already exists and will affect the lives of children and adults in this isolated San Piedro Island. It is the cause of the confinement of Kazuo Hatsue and its family, the first hat and Ishmael. It is probably for the prosecution of homicide that he lost his land.

Subplots play an important role in fully understanding David Guterson's novel Snow Loss Cedar, as well as potential questions raised by differences in cultural influences. Interpretation of this article has many points. For example, interpretation of romance and mystery. What is even more important is that there are three major episodes of ethnic tension, love abandoned by gentle change of nation, disturbance by marriage of Hatsue and Kazuo, and distorted meditation of Ishmael. In retaliation for his own sorrow, he left Kaho forever in prison, apart from his only true love.

David Guterson uses the same aspects and features of nature in two different ways. First, he describes in visual detail the physical or actual influence of the natural elements on the characters of the story. But more importantly, Guterson uses nature to convey the nature and symbol of the characters in his story. One of the natural elements of Guterson's tool for developing snow and snow collision is the island's strawberry field. These areas are an important income source for the community. Traditionally, Japanese workers work in fields, while white Americans have their own fields. The issue of ownership of 7 acres of strawberry fields is a clear motivation for the murder of Carl Heine. For local Japanese fishermen Kabo (accused of murdering Carl Heine), ownership of this land guarantees a safe future and ultimately independence