This struggle against prejudice is a primary element in both Snow Falling on Cedars, and other great novels of cultural influence, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. ... She is more than willing to believe, without hard evidence, that a Japanese man killed her son. ... How a simple accident of a freighter swamping a boat, leads to an opportunity to persecute a member of a racial minority leads us to question our own impartiality, and whether out pursuits for the truth are clouded by personal subjectivity. ...

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