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Stranger In The Kingdom

Snow Falling On Cedars

Vs.

Stranger In The Kingdom


When I first read Howard Frank Mosher's novel Stranger In The Kingdom I was astonished that something like that took place in Vermont. I have always been under the misconception that racism isn't extremely prevalent in our local culture today. Once again my white American's views were challenged when I read Snow Falling On Cedars, by David Guterson. The two books seem to me to be exactly the same story, only they occur about forty years apart from each other. The book are so synonymous with each other, that most of the characters are comparable.

As the story of David Guterson's book unfolds, we find ourselves looking through the eyes of a man that has lived on the island for most of his life. His name is Ishmael Chambers. Ishmael seems to be a perceptive child, and soon gets to know one of the island's many Japanese girls, named Hatsue. As fate would have it, they fall in love with each other in......


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