In Obasan, there are various encounters between Reiko and Naomi. While in the bathing room, Reiko and Naomi make contact, but Reiko says she is no longer allowed to talk or play with Naomi because of what here mom has told her about Naomi and her family. She says that Naomi's family is sick and has TB (tuberculosis) because her father is in the hospital and her brother is limping. Once Naomi goes home, and questions her brother multiple times on this "sickness" ordeal, her uncle says, "For some people it is a shameful matter to be ill. But it is a matter of misfortune, not shame."
65) Who has returned home? What is significant about her simile, "I am leaf in the wind restored to its branch?"
The character that has returned home is Naomi's father. The simile "I am leaf in the wind restored to its branch" is important to the relationship between Naomi and her father because it shows that Naomi trusts her father to be her support just like the branch is the support for the leaf. The simile also shows her trust in her father and how she feels as if she is with him, she is home.
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