A changing world and a sense of domination over other groups of people allow Etta Heine's racism towards Japanese-Americans to be explicitly evident in the novel. During the 1940s, the predominantly Caucasian country of America was gradually changing to incorporate cultural diversity among different groups of individuals. Etta Heine's lack of appreciation for a changing world allows her to develop a deep hatred towards foreign groups: "Carl's heart failed one clear October night in 1944... Carl junior was at war, and Etta took advantage of this circumstance to sell the farm to Ole Jurgensen” (Guterson 115). As Etta Heine prepares to take the stand in Kabuo Miyamoto's trial, the narrator explains how Etta's husband died. After Carl's heart gave out, Etta was quick to sell the land, despite her husband's agreement with Zenhichi, to Ole Jurgensen. This indicates Etta's deep hatred towards the Japanese people as her husband's death was simply a tactic used to her advantage to eliminate the Japanese. the deal her husband had made with Zenhichi. A lack of mourning over her husband's death was expressed, allowing the reader to develop assumptions about Etta's character. As a result, this shows how devious, cruel, and hateful Etta can be. Etta's hateful attributes are deeply rooted in issues of certainty and structure that cause her to develop racist ideologies. Although America allows Japanese to reside in its country, the law prohibiting Japanese from owning land allowed Etta to justify her actions in a court of law. This shows that Etta is a stubborn and traditionalist human, who has relatively made peace with the Japanese who occupy "Etta's country", but her husband's deal with Zenhinchi has given him... half the paper... and on American culture and, later, American individuals. Works Cited Guterson, David. Snow falls on cedars. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Print."Kendo." Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Np, nd Web. 8 June 2014. .Lao, Mike. "JapanToday." Japan Today RSS. Np, March 14, 2014. Web. June 7, 2014. "Encyclopedia of Myths." Fruit in mythology. Np, nd Web. 7 June 2014. .Routledge, Clay. “Exploring the Psychological Motivations of Racism.” More than deadly. NP, 31 July 2010. Web. 30 June 2014. .