Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
In the Pacific there is an island shaped like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephant and birds abound. A young Indian girl lives and waits for her people to return for her, from the land to the east. Karana with her long black hair and her dark skin, held her own on an island after her people had left for a new place. She was sure they would come back the next spring, but after two springs she learned to live on her own. I really admire her strength and her will power. She faces so many different adventures that you can relate to your life in a different fashion. Living on your own brings in many new ideas and adventures. Karana has many hard decisions to make, when she has to decided to go with childhood teaching or fending for herself. " I wonder what would happen to me if I went against the law of our tribe which forbade the making of weapons by women... would the four winds blow in from the four directions of the world and smother me as I made the weapons? Or wo
If he would have gotten up I would have killed him. The big dog lay there and did! not move and this may be the reason. " This dog became her friend and he salvation. They without saying goodbye Karana's friend left her. It must have been lonely and she made many friends, otters, she had birds anything to keep her busy. He told her of the tragic accident and told her that he would take her to the land to the east. Karana had longed for human contact but not with them they were the enemy. I can understand why she left but I cannot understand how she left. Each spring she grew more and more restless for human contact. Her people never made it to the land in the east there ship sunk. You can see why you might stay or leave and compare it to what you know of the girl and the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Till it came the Aleuts the hunters, they had come before. " This dog had been her enemy he killed her brother and she had vowed revenge on him she had gotten what she wanted, yet she had not killed the dog just wounded him.
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