Nature = Home

Omishto believes that she no longer belongs in her house with her family. After returning home she feel isolated in her room but yet makes no effort to join her family downstairs. The natural world seems to be her escape. When ever Omishto seems overwhelmed she finds herself outside, usually walking to Ama's. The point is that for her nature is more comforting than the home she grew up in. I believe that is due partly to then events of the storm. It was a traumatic experience being suck in that storm and when she is outside she is around things that appear to have experienced the same things that she has, while her home is untouched and perfect, now having no connection to the traumatic things she has gone through. I found this very similar to the expedience of going home after coming to college. The first couple of times its seems alright, but the longer you stay away and the more connected you become to your school, or new home, the stranger it is to go home. It stayed the same while you changed and it can never feel the way it did because you do not feel the same way. Omishto seems to be struggling with this idea that she no longer "fits" in her home, and that nature is where she belongs.