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One thing about this last reading in Power which stuck me was Omishto's feeling of homeliness when she goes to "The Place of the Old Law." On page 154 she describes home as a place where, "the old people live among tradition and memory," and talks of how the people behave the way the creator has told them to behave. Previously, she talked about how afraid she was to go there and once she looks around at her surroundings, her feelings change. "You can see this goodness of life on their peaceful faces, on their skin, even though not far from here are the old, rusted cars. Seeing this, I feel as if I am home here" (154). It is incredible that she can have such an intense change of heart just by being there. I think Omistho's feelings of displacement have finally subsided, and that she feels as if she knows where she belongs now. She knows that the old traditional ways of the Taiga people are the ways she wants to follow. She even claims that Ama does not look at home there. She feels a closeness with this place that even Ama doesn't feel.