The Snowman by Jo Nesbo has a few social issues contained in the story. The Major issue presented in the novel is crime and justice. As a family of three sit down to have a nice home cook meal on what seems like a normal night something strange occurs. Just outside the window almost 20 feet away is a snowman watching the families every move. This might not seem strange but when ask about the snowman the young boy sitting at the table had know answer to how it got there. That night the father caught a plane to Atlanta and left his ten year old son and wife home alone. When the young boy is waked from his sleep he soon finds his mother has disappeared and outside hanging around the snowman's neck is his mother scarf that had been last seen with this mother. As explained by the young boy,"She would never have given her favourite scarf to the snowman. Then it must have been your dad. No, someone did it after he'd left.Last night. The person who took mum."(Nesbo, 42) This excerpt proves that crime is the main focus point of the story because several girls have mysteriously gone missing only leaving a piece of clothing behind.
Nesbø, Jo, and Don Bartlett. The Snowman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print
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