"Snow Falling on Cedars," a novel written by David Guterson, is set in 1954 San Piedro Island, just north of Puget Sound. ... The prosecutor at the end of the trial tells the jurors to "consider Kabuo's eyes and face when they decide their verdict" which clearly is reference to the fact that Kabuto is not a white American. ...
Thomas Whitecloud, an educated Native American, finds himself distant from his people while he and his people are forced to be "imitation white men" (Whitecloud, 3). ... You are among friends--we are your friends; we, the trees, and the snow, and the lights" (Whitecloud, 3). ... Just as Macedo had to deal with being treated as inferior, Whitecloud also mentions how Native Americans are continuously treated as inferior to the white man, and that they try, to no avail, to imitate and rise to the white man's standards. "... tries to keep his home up to white men standards. White st...
