... narrow-mindedness synonymous with its inhabitants. A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on Cedars is satiated with underlying plots and morally exigent themes. {Guterson's novel interweaves realistic interpretations with romantic accents to fuse these subplots, together with a role-playing setting, into one watertight mystery romance.} The small community associated with San Piedro Island, recently stricken with the misfortune of a mysterious ... apparently alludes to his very character. The presence of setting, in its most transparent realistic form, swabs the otherwise blasé...

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

... roles in our society. In male-female interaction, men are not only usually more dominant, but also rational, ambitious, smart, competitive, powerful, stable, violent, and tolerant, while women are sensitive, romantic, attractive, happy, warm, sociable, peaceful, fair, submissive, and timid. On many programs, the emphasis for men is on strength, performance, and skill; for women, it is on attractiveness and desirability ... ...

• Word Count: 2040
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate