POWER

What is power? and who decides who has it? The technical definition for 'power' is, the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. I find it ironic that the title of the book is Power, and there are many "power struggles" throughout. Omishto never has power over herself. The power over her goes back and forth between her mother and Ama. Sometimes Omishto wants to go against her mother and do what Ama wants her to do, while other times Omishto isn't sure if she is making the right decisions. Ama is also struggling with power. Ama is sometimes controlled by nature and the Taiga tribe. She wants to be a leader yet she does exactly what she thinks she needs to do in order to be accepted by the tribe.

I was thinking about the idea of "power" tonight while I was at dance practice. We don't have a coach because it is a student run organization. Our captain usually takes charge, choreographs the dances, and makes our schedule. Today a different member of the team was teaching a dance and there was a lot of confusion as to who we should ask questions. Naturally, we would ask the captain, but she didn't know the exact answers. The girl teaching the routine did not want to overstep her boundary's to the captain, so she was being quiet. It was really interesting to watch the two girls compete for power over the team.