Jamie Soto

Turns out she did know where the panther was! Ok, so what I don't understand, and what I also don't think Omishto understood, was why Jamie Soto was so keen on banishing Ama if she knew all along where the panther was? She seems to be an accomplice in the whole thing.

Another thing I don't understand is why Omishto doesn't feel more resentment toward the clan for banishing Ama, the person that she may love most in the world. She's never going to see her again, which would make me blame the elders. But in the end, Omishto goes and joins them! I don't understand how she can be ok with joining the people that sent away her beloved Ama.

I also thought, maybe Ama had a plan all along. She knew that the clan was dying out. Omishto would be a natural choice of someone to carry one the traditions. Perhaps Ama sacrificed herself so that Omishto would join the traditional way of the clan and therefore give new life to the dying tribe. That's just a theory, im still unsure of what really happened in the end of this story.

Does anyone else think its unsettling the way that Ama dissapears forever and Omishto joins the people who bannished her?