Thursday, April 9, 2009
Power
In Power, Omishto has a special connection to nature and is comfortable in it. It is the place where she has a sense of identity and feels at home. Nature is her "room of one's own." Her connection to nature reminds me of a man that was a tour guide for my family's tour group in Kauai. He had a special connection to nature and took us on a tour of the rainforests in barefoot and knew the paths by heart. Also, he knew all about the vegetation because he grew up walking in that rainforest. I was better able to understand Omishto's connection to nature because of his connection.
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That's interesting that you equate nature to a "room of one's own" for Omishto. It further demonstrates the ambiguity of the term "room" by suggesting that a "room of one's own" doesn't have to be a physical "room." We've already discussed it as being an actual room OR the "room" of one's mind, and now you've added another layer to our definition...NATURE!!
ReplyDeleteI think that it is interesting that you tied Virginia Woolf into our lessons about Power. I would agree with you in that she feels most comfortable in natural settings. The boat Omishto owns also serves as her own room; she enters the boat in order to escape the pressures of the outside world.
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