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This brief analysis provides a discussion of the grotesque characterization used by David Guterson to underscore his themes of survival and human dignity in the novel "Snow Falling on Cedars."

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"Set among the amputees and psychological casualties of World War II, the characters in David Guterson's "Snow Falling on Cedars" illustrate characteristics of the grotesque. Guterson uses the grotesque to show an underlying dignity of the human spirit that is capable of transcending the frigid experiences of war and prejudice. Ishmael Chambers characterizes the grotesque more than any other character in the novel. He is the walking wounded, forever unable to cope with the loss of the love of his life, Hatsue, to..."

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