The shaping of future through the Past and Prsent of Nomi in "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa The scene in which Nomi and Obasan are in the attic is a significant metaphor as it relates three of the most important recurring themes through the entire novel. The fact that Nomi's life is solely based on a confrontation of her past and present childhood, and how her past and present will shape her entire future. While rumiging …showed first 75 words of 444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 444 total…occured in Nomi's past and present, just as much or more is expected to happen in her future. The life of Nomi is one filled with sorrow and suffering in the past, one of confusion in the present and a recurring life of sorrow in the future because she cannot escape the past because just like the attic, it can be ignored, but the more it is ignored the darker and more powerful it gets.