Snow Falling on Cedars The book Snow Falling on Cedars is about a Japanese man Kabuo Miyanmoto who is on trial for murder. He is accused of killing a white man, Carl Heine. Much of the story is told through the memories of various characters. It is set around 1050 in Puget Sound, on a fictional island called San Piedro. I think Snow Falls on Cedars was an excellent book. I felt that the author was able to present an unbiased view of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. He presented many different views on this time period and explained why they thought the way they did. For example, Kabuo Miyamoto, the defendant, had fought in the US Army during World War II. Kabuo was deeply affected by his war experience, which changed his perspective of the world. On the other hand, Carl Heine's mother Etta is extremely prejudiced against the Japanese, believing that all "dirty Japanese", as she calls them, are lazy and unreliable. Judge all Japanese by their race. The author also represents the American friends of the Japanese. Etta's husband was a friend of Kabuo's father, and when the family was sent to an internment camp, he offered to take care of their land. However, when he died, Etta sold the land to someone else. By including all these different perspectives from that time period, the reader is given a more complete picture. Another reason I liked this book is because the characters were flawed, making them more realistic. For example, the journalist Ishmael had some character flaws. He had fought in the war and had his arm amputated. He was also in love with Hatsue before she married Kabuo. Therefore, when he found evidence that could exonerate Kabuo, he waited until the last moment to show it to the judge because he was debating whether or not to use it. Another flawed character was Kabuo himself. His experiences in the war had made him emotionally distant. When he was in the courtroom, he showed no emotion, even though he could have been hanged. He thought his death would be atonement for the people he had killed in the war. The last flawed character is the coroner. He is portrayed as a nice and normal boy. However, after finishing the autopsy on the victim, he tells the sheriff to look for a “right-handed Japanese"..