I finished reading the assignment last night and I was actually shocked the way the court trial ended...Omishto described many of the whites as descendants of destroyers of the land and her people...they wanted Ama in jail and she partially agreed, but on the other hand, "her people" also bring a form of tension because she doesn't know what or how to believe in this situation...
Ama wants to be convicted, take the blame for what she had done, be it right or wrong...and flat out says "I KILLED IT"...would that not be enough evidence to put her away? what do you think about the need to have enough physical evidence to condem her? what is the reason they let her go even though she admitted to the act? therefore, is the power in truth or in evidence and logical thought?
Omishto thinks they let her go because she wanted to be convicted...she thinks they were compelled because of their animal nature..."It seemed we went against our wills, and who am I to judge, me being such a part of this other world, both these other worlds" (143). I have the same question Professor asked us: what are these two worlds? are they the ones she described between Americans and Taigas, or is it the traditional nature of the Taiga and what she has learned in school and the modern world? or is it simply between what Omishto wants to believe and what she is told to believe?
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