The author immediately juxtaposes this with the rhetorical question "Is it possible to be loved too much?... Through a deep love of nature, and more specifically her garden, Willow provides a perfect example of this, using the dominance and power of nature as a protective wall behind which she can hide and feel a sense of acceptance. ... Using anaphora, the narrator states that "To know me is to know my garden", sugge...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Graduate

A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on Cedars is satiated with underlying plots and morally exigent themes. ... Murder shortly becomes a possibility, and the unforgotten love affair between a white man and the wife of the accused Kabuo Miyamo seems to rise once again to the surface of an already nervous ocean of underlying conflict contiguous to the American and Japanese-American races. ... It sat back fifty yards from the road on three acres of alfalfa, strawberries, raspberries, and orderly vegetable gardens- (Guterson, 69). ... Credited with instigating the versatility of the nove...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate