2009年4月12日 California

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Love in falling snow

Philosopher said: "the beauty is incomplete." The beauty of the things is not perfect, including love. In the Chinese loving stories, a lot of lovers were separated by parents or some pressure, but these lovers fought for loving right. People sang the praises of these stories, and gave them a great of blessing. But almost fought method is death together, no other way to continue for love?

Director Hicks Scott with a camera told us of the romantic story of eternity - -SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. Love and pain of the protagonist eventually was drawn out, his hard psychological process made the divine love more brilliance.

Location: the island where was nearby Seattle. Time: the second world war, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. In this context, a white boy Ishmael fall in love with a Japanese girl Hatsue, but simply love got resistance by girl’s family, they broke up. The boy joined the military and the girl married to other person. If this romantic story was end at this time, it was some people’s memories in their life and no special taste. But if you added some other "condiment" --- for example ---the fish man who drowned or be murdered with his net, beach dying fish, the war, the disputed between two families, debate on the court, love and hate, emotional and rational reciprocating, so many years later, this feeling still goes?  These elements lifted my appetite.  What was beautiful and divine love? This story gave us another answer.

The whole story has three clues ----the first, Ishmeal’s  memories with his lover Hatsue when he was young, he didn’t know he need help Hatsue’s husband or not. The second,  The mysterious death for fisherman Carl, people debated in the court, and there were miscellaneous political factors to Japanese American. The third ,the contradiction was between Hatsue’s husband family and Carl’s family.

The important clue was Ishmeal’s psychological process. He was a son of local newspaper leader. He loved the Japanese girl so deeply. For political reasons, the Japanese girl left him. When he asked and the little girl to embrace end love, the little girl refused. She hurt his heart. When he underwent surgery in the war ,he shouted out “Japanese bitch!” with hatred. Many years later, he meet the girl again on the court,the girl’s husband was suspected to kill Carl, he found himself still loves the girl. So he confused that he should help her husband to find evidence of innocence or he still had a chance to come back with the girl?

"You have to let go!” The defense lawyer said out of his heart. " Accident rules every corner of the universe... except perhaps the chambers of the human heart.” Eventually Ishmeal released his heart, also helped Hatsue’s husband to get freedom. When all of the Japanese bowed to him quietly, he won the Japanese people's respect. Before he leaving, Hatsue embraced actively to him, said, " I'm so grateful for your gentle heart." Same sentence she said long long ago.

 Their love through the cold snow and ice, I believe in this moment, they were really feel the warmth of love in their hug, Ishmeal still loved her, so he chose to give up. Giving up is courage without weak and rational choice without escape. His giving up made Hatsue’s family could reunion ,fulfilled his long love plagued to get a good ending. When love is beyond a racial boundary and washed by time-tested, the love looks as though the snow on the cedars would be glittering and translucent, it reflects human goodness.

                                                                           April 12 2009 California.