setting

The story takes place in Kars, a city in Turkey. It snows a lot there and the main character Ka loves the snow. He says the snow reminds him of God. Ka stays in a hotel, The Snow Hotel, when he is in Kars. Also, the coup that happens with the government happens at a hotel. There is a picture of a couple walking in the snow. Ka and Kadife were walking in the snow and this is where Ka wonders about his feelings for Ipek. There is a heart on the snowflake end because through out the novel Ka is always wondering about his feelings for Ipek or Kadife and his relationship with God. Lastly, there is a picture of people waving the Turkish flag because the reason Ka was in Kars was to research the suicides of the girls who wouldn't remove their head scarves. All of the pictures are surrounding a snowflake because Ka always related things back to the snow.

Olivia