Island of the Blue Dolphins

Karana is not really left behind accidentally; it is her brother, Ramo, who is left when the ship sails. Karana is told they cannot go back for him because the tides have made it dangerous to...

I think this question is asking about the story's main conflict. If that is the case, then I would suggest that the main conflict is a man vs. nature conflict; however, the book begins with a man...

Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell, revolves around the story of Karana, a young girl living with the rest of her tribe on an island. The tribe takes a large hit after a battle with a...

Even though she lives alone on the island, Karana takes great pride in her appearance. In chapter 18, we are told that Karana takes time to make a yucca skirt for herself even as she spends time...

The most predominant type of figurative language is Karana's standard use of metaphor to describe her surroundings. She teases her brother for doing this very thing in Chapter 1, but the reader...

In Ch. 9, we see that Karana begins to make weapons because Ramo has been killed and she needs to be able to defend herself from the wild dogs on the island. She gathers enough wood on the beach to...

It is possible that this question is asking about several different times in the book because Karana does try to leave the island twice and succeeds in leaving on the third attempt. The first time...

Karana does not build her house near the sea elephants because they are extremely noisy. The thing that made me decide on the place to build my house was the sea elephants. (p. 69) The cows are...

The plot of the story is driven by a series of causes and effects. For example,Cause: The Aleuts try to cheat the islanders out of payment for the otter they catch.Effect: There is a fierce...

In Chapter 4, as Captain Orlov is opening up the black chest, Karana tells us that Ulape "drew in her breath in excitement" to see the sparkly necklaces. This is the first clue we get about Ulape's...

In this book, Rontu changes Karana’s life mainly by making her much less lonely than she had been before she got him. By the time that Karana gets Rontu, she has been alone for months. The dogs...

Karana discovers two birds and their babies and sets about domesticating them. She puts them in a cage and keeps them as companions, and when they get too big for the cage, she clips their wings so...

Karana originally leaves the island with her people, sailing aboard a ship belonging to white missionaries. Her brother Ramo is meant to come along on the voyage too, but he gets left behind....

In the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, the main protagonist, Karana, is also the narrator of the story, as the story is written from her perspective. Karana is trying to kill the wild dogs that...

The problem that Karana faces in chapter 11 of this great novel is deciding where she should build her home. She realizes that the island is her home, at least until the white men return, and that...

The book opens to Karana and her little brother, Ramo, gathering roots in a canyon above Coral Cove. She quickly identifies Ramo as being half her age, six years old, and small, active and...

As in any story (and as in life), the characters in Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins make many decisions which affect the entire course of their lives. A group of natives live...

There are presumably a number of reasons Karana decides to burn the village without salvaging anything. First, all her fellow villagers have already left the island. Karana is the only inhabitant...

Ramo dies in tragic circumstances after being set upon by a pack of ravenous dogs. For a brief moment, he was Chief Tanyositlopaim, the last of the male islanders. As he was next in line to be...

When Karana made the decision to build a more permanent home on the island, she narrowed her search based on three criteria. She wanted her home to be protected from wind and weather, near a spring...

Karana needs to make herself weapons to protect herself from the dogs and to kill them to avenge her brother's death. Karana finds a rock where she can store food until the ship comes in. She does...

It is perfectly understandable that Karana should feel so much hatred and resentment towards the pack of wild dogs roaming around the island. After all, they did kill her brother Ramo. Under the...

There are two major reasons to write the novel from Karana's point of view. First, she is the major character, and is alone for much of the text; telling the story from an omniscient POV (point of...

In this book, Karana hurts her leg in the time after she has already been left on the island all alone. You can find this right at the end of Chapter 13. She ends up hurting her leg when she has...

Karana, the protagonist of Island of the Blue Dolphins, lives by herself on an island for the majority of the novel. Her experiences, words, and thoughts in the book are the imagination of author...

When the first winter storm strikes in the novel, Karana realizes that the winter season and the tumultuous weather it will bring will prevent ships from sailing; thus, she has to wait months until...

In chapter 8 of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Ramo and Karana return to their village to find it completely deserted. Since the wild dogs have eaten all the food, Ramo and Karana spend the day...

Chapter 13 begins with Karana proceeding with her plan to somehow get a tooth from a sea elephant. She needs the tooth in order to finish the spear that she needs for protection and hunting. Once...

At the beginning of chapter 14 of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Karana must go get water from the spring. Due to her injured leg, this is a very difficult journey. Along the way, she encounters the...

Karana ceases living in the village because it reminds her of the terrible events that led to her isolation on the island. After the battle and strife brought on by the Aleutian hunters, which...

In chapter 16 Karana continues to demonstrate the resourcefulness and problem solving abilities that the reader has become accustomed to throughout the first half of the book. In this chapter,...

In Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, Karanas is a young girl of a tribe that lives on an island they call Ghalas-at (the Island of the Blue Dolphins) with her family, including her...

In chapter 6, the village chief, Kimki, has been gone quite awhile. He took a canoe across the ocean to try and reach a land he had been to as a boy (probably Southern California), to get help for...

When looking for examples of figurative language in 'The Island The Blue Dolphins' look for places where the writing appeals to the reder's senses, whether that is in a good way, or a 'bad' way.'...

A great example of the superstitious nature of Karana's people happens in the first chapter of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. Karana's father is the chief of their tribe, and he is...

It is inexplicable to the islanders why Chief Chowig gives his secret name after introducing himself to Orlov, a stranger. Karana, who is narrating the story, expresses surprise at his action....

Fod cooking seeds, Karana "wove a tight basket of fine reeds...dried (it) in the sun...gathered lumps of pitch...softened them over the fire, and rubbed them on the inside of the basket so...

The reason that Karana killed these ten birds was that she wanted to make a skirt for herself. She was going to use the birds' skins and feathers to make herself a skirt. Because she wanted this...

In chapter four, the characters in Island of the Blue Dolphins determine that Karna’s father was weakened enough to be killed by the Aleuts because he had given the captain his real, true, and...

Karana actually keeps digging twice even though she sees the Aleut ship. Karana and Rano have been sent to go dig roots. It is not easy work and so she wants to be sure she has his help. So, when...

Based in part on a true story, Island of the Blue Dolphins is Scott O'Dell's 1960 novel about a young Indian girl who is marooned on an island and lives there alone for many years. Karana, the...

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a historical children's novel by Scott O'Dell. Karana, the protagonist, is marooned on an island after her tribe is attacked. Throughout the book, she shows a drive...

One can describe Karana as willful. She does what she thinks best. When she sees that Ramo has been left behind on the beach, she jumps off the boat and goes back to him. Others try to stop her,...

In this book, Karana's father is the chief of the island. At the beginning of the book, the Aleuts and their Russian captain come to hunt for sea otters on the island. When they get there, they...

There are many indigenous cultures throughout the world where revealing one's real name to outsiders is considered taboo. Generally, this is because a name isn't just a name in such societies; it's...

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 Newbury Medal-winning book by Scott O'Dell about a young Indian girl who survives alone on an island. Karana, the protagonist, is marooned on an island after...