"Discus the themes touched upon in the extract and the language used - How relevant is this passage to the rest of the novel?"
Gary Webster 12BPD Snow falling on cedars 01.11.03
“Discus the themes touched upon in the extract and the language used. How relevant is this passage to the rest of the novel?”
“They were silent,” describes the relationship between Ishmael and Hatsue later on in the novel but here we look before that when Ishmael realises that he has some affection for Hatsue.
Both the main characters are involved in this extract; it starts to show an overview of there relationship. “The two of them sit side by side in the shallows” looking over the ocean, people would mistake these actions as them being very much in love with each other. “It goes forever,” says Ishmael but there seems to be conflict between the issues “it ends somewhere”. “It doesn’t end it meets another one and pretty soon the water is back and mixes together” It’s the “mixes” part of this quotation that is relevant to the rest of the novel because it brings up the subject of racism. Perspectives of discrimination differ from these two individuals because of their different cultural background. Hatsue is basically the alien in the world of Ishmael’s country. Ishmael does not experience the discrimination that Hatsue and her family experience during the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack. Variations will always play a role in a relationship, but common interests shall bring two people closer than ever.