My favorite character in "Snow Falling on Cedars" is Art Moran, a county sheriff. He and his deputy, Abel Martinson, were the first people who found Carl Heine's body. Also he went to the deceased's house and told this misfortune to the Heines' family. Furthermore, Art was the first witness of the tail. His testimony was very conscientious and careful. Art Moran was an experienced and skilled sheriff. When he and his deputy arrived at the scene, they did not see Carl. At that time, nobody knew where Carl was or what happened. There was not any clue to help them to solve the case. But they saw that Carl's fishnet was still in the water. Art was a very observant person. He detected that was unusual immediately. As expected, they found Carl's body in the fishnet. Because of long time it soaked, the body decayed very serious. Art's deputy, Abel, an inexperienced 24-year-old policeman, felt sick and unacceptable. The sheriff told him to try to control him. After investigation, Art went to the victim's family to say what happened. That was too hard to speak about. But he had to do, because of his job. He thought a lot of ways how to say this sad news of the death to a pitiful family. Art was a very kind person. Sending news of a death caused him to suffer. So he did not know what he should do while Ms.Heine was crying. The sheriff just said that he would call Ms.Heine's sister as an excuse, and then he left