Question 5: Why a cedar tree?
Answer: Rich, red and dry, the cedar tree is used for everything. The tree of life.
Question 6: The audience member, reading Snow Falling on Cedars in a seminar class, asked: What inspired the novel?
Answer: Bainbridge Island, where everyone of Japanese descent was interned in World War Two. D.G. saw transcribed oral histories.
Question 7: How were the characters created?
Answer: D.G. sees a balance between how another person is like oneself and how they are different. He works to strike that balance in his characters.
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