While reading Power, I continue to find myself trying to decide whether I would side more with Ama or with my mother if I were Oshmito. I like how much Ama connects with nature and how she connects with the animals around her. It's attractive how Ama can feel like she is one with nature and is untamed like nature is. She seems to fit so well with her way of life; simple and peaceful. But it is weird to me that she goes off and kills a panther when she respects nature in such a deep way. I guess she must have such a strong bond with the animal that she somehow knew and could be confident enough that it was better off killed.
Although I admire some of Ama's characteristics and lifestyle, I think that Oshmito's mom is more in tune with reality and modern time. Oshmito's mother has taken advantage of modern advances and I don't think there is anything wrong with that. The Taiga tribe is a tribe of the past and just like many other faiths have done the Taiga can adjust their beliefs to reflect what the world is like today. I would probably side with Oshmito's mom if it wasn't for her husband. The way Oshmito describes him as looking at her inappropriately makes me so uncomfortable that I don't blame Oshmito at all for running off to spend time at Ama's house and then spend the nights in a boat.
Overall I think that Oshmito is leading a difficult life in trying to choose between the Taiga tribe and modern day beliefs. I look forward to reading the rest of the book and finding more ways to help me decide which side I would choose.
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I agree with you that it would be difficult to choose because there are postitives and negatives to both sides. I think that soon Omishto will have to stop living in between both worlds because from seeing how Ama has lived her life it does not seem as if it is a healthy way to live.
I agree with your post Angela. I said in my blog that I thought Omishto was too concerned with facts. But Ama isn't thinking in the best frame of mind either. I feel like Ama is so free spirited that she doesn't really think about things clearly. She's so caught up in beliefs and this other world that the real world is not even in her thoughts.
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