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First a novel by David Gutterson, then a film directed by Scott Hicks, Snow Falling on Cedars tells the story of the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, a Japanese-American, accused of murdering a white man, Carl Heine. The backstory dives into the entire community on a small, close-knit island. As the trial goes on, flasbacks establish the past relationship between the disillusioned journalist covering the case, and Kabuo's wife, the beautiful Hatsue, from childhood.
Tropes used in Snow Falling on Cedars include:
Biggus Dickus : Carl Heine has a large penis. This is repeatedly emphasised, to the point when the coroner observing his dead body gets penis envy.
Caught in the Rain : has Hatsue and Ishmael, as teenagers, taking shelter from the rain in a fallen tree.
Crowning Music of Awesome : The music for Tarawa
Flash Back : make up more than half the story.
Determined Homesteader : Hatsue and her husband, Kabuo, in Snow Falling on Cedars .
The Fifties : Set in 1951.
Me Love You Long Time : Arguably averted, as while the Japanese girl is very much in love with the Western guy, circumstances force her to marry a fellow Japanese.
In the book, the relationship between Ishmael and Hatsue wasn't quite that simple, and she truly loves her husband.
Unlucky Childhood Friend : Oh, Ishmael.
Shower of Love : Carl's widow, during Kabuo's trial, privately and despairingly flashes back to this as one of the last memories she shared with her dead husband. I'd be sad too, given the earlier trope mentioned...
Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books in 2000-2009
The 100 books that were most-often challenged between 2000 and 2009 by self-appointed
Moral Guardians in the USA.
Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Forever by Judy Blume
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
King and King by Linda de Haan
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
The Giver by Lois Lowry
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Killing Mr. Griffen by Lois Duncan
Beloved by Toni Morrison
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
It's So Amazing by Robie Harris
Arming America by Michael Bellasiles
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Life is Funny by E.R. Frank
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Blubber by Judy Blume
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
You Hear Me? by Betsy Franco
The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle
The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
What's Happening to My Body Book by Lynda Madaras
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Anastasia (series) by Lois Lowry
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Deal With It! by Esther Drill
Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Watkins
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
Cut by Patricia McCormick
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissenger
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
Shade's Children by Garth Nix
Grendel by John Gardner
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
I Saw Esau by Iona Opte
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
America by E.R. Frank