Snow Falling on Cedars

Literature aims to entertain and inform, discuss this quotation with reference to a novel you have studied.

The aim of literature is to entertain and inform. We see this in the novel ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ by David Guterson. Guterson uses stylistic language techniques to capture the reader and involve them in the text. By integrating flash backs into the murder mystery genre, the characters are made three dimensional, and the reader becomes involved. The story informs the reader by integrating important themes into the text.

Literature aims to entertain. ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ is entertaining because it is written in such a way that the reader becomes involved with the characters. Guterson uses metaphors of the surrounding area, to give insight into the characters. For example, the radiator in the courtroom is sluggish and slow to get started, and is in a state of disrepair. This is a metaphor for the townsfolk, and by using it, Guterson has made the reader link ...