Snow falling on Cedars

Ishmael’s Childhood:
In his childhood, he was working at strawberry fields together with other workers. One of them was Hatsue, a Japanese girl which was born in America. Both were very good friends and after a while, they felt more than friendship. Ishmael and Hatsue found a secret place, a big cedar and so they spend their time under it. Ishmael loved her so much; he would do everything for her. Since then they met them under the cedar every day. But after a while, Hatsue couldn’t love him, because a lot of American people hated Japanese. They thought all Japanese were the same murderer, which wanted to erase the American popularity. Hatsue know that she had to marry a Japanese boy and so she killed and hid her feelings for him and Ishmael became very sad.

The grown-up Ishmael:
After the II. World War, he looked for Hatsue, because she was the only girl he ever loved. All this years, he missed her hair and her smell and he’d like to spent time with her again. Sometimes he went to the cedar and thought about his good days with his big love. But Hatsue married Kabuo. Ishmael’s lovesickness began to grow and he tried everything to get her love back! Hatsue is honestly and stayed by Kabuo. She got out of his way and didn’t look to him, when they met. Ishmael hates Kabuo and so he didn’t show his evidence, which could speak Kabuo free from a very unfair trial.

At the End of the Novel:
Ishmael and Hatsue became reconciled and worked in a team to help Kabuo. Ishmael became clear and he didn’t want to loose her. He thought that it would be better, when they became friends again. Together they found the evidence, which spoke Kabuo free! Ishmael also learned to accept her as a friend and Hatsue told him that he should find a new girlfriend.

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