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Monster Essays - David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
David Guterson, a young American author, has written two major
works regarding aspects of human nature and human emotions. His first
publication, a collection of short stories, entitled The Country Ahead of
Us, The Country Behind addresses some of the moral dilemmas that humans
face throughout their lives. His first novel, Snow Falling on Cedars,
narrates the trial of a Japanese man accused of murdering a white man in
the post World War II era. Throughout his literary works, Guterson uses
elements of nature: land, trees, water and especially snow, as literal and
metaphorical tools to....
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