Representation of "Other" in David Gutterson's Snow Falling on Cedars

Abstract

This dissertation analyses the westerners' biased representation of the migrant people as the Other in relation to David Gutterson's Snow Falling on Cedars. The stereotypes and prejudice constructed by the West about Japanese-American are the main focus of the study. Guters on illustrates the picture of Japanese-American who is stereotyped as the criminal and violent by the western officers. They always think that Europe is a land of civilized people where they want to create peace, order and prosperity by punishing the migrant people without knowing the reality. In this way, by imposing the colonial discourse and ideology, the westerners represent migrant people as the "Other".