One place to turn to learn more about the author, Linda Hogan, is at the NativeWiki website. There, you'll also find valuable resources pertaining to many indigenous populations and native peoples.Reading Questions (optional):
- In what ways does Omishto feel torn between different worlds? How does she describe these worlds?
- How would you characterize her relationship to place?
- How are her ties to other people/characters distinct from her ties to animals and nature?
- What kind of a narrator is she?
- Why is the novel titled "Power"? What different kinds of power are at work here?
I think we see a bit of confusion in Omishto as a narrarator. Her mother is a part of society, so to speak, and as Omishto says " She is the lost. Not Ama, but my mother who has made her choices and they did not include the tribe." (p. 144).However, her close friend Ama, lives a life in the woods and is poor. I think Omishto has trouble identifying with both worlds and is essentially torn between the two. She is confused as to what she believes in and what she knows and I think that throughout the rest of the novel we will see her slowly uncover these things and in doing so herself as a person.
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