What happened in Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter 14?
Chapter 14: Injured and Alone As soon as the sun is up on the sixth day after her injury, Karana heads for the spring, which is in the bottom of a ravine. She knows it will take her a long time to get there, so she brings food, her bow and arrows, and her spear along. Her leg hurts so badly that she must crawl.
What is the plot of Island of the Blue Dolphins?
This book is a true story about a 12 year old girl called Karana who is stranded on an island and has to work out how to survive. Her main enemies on the island are the wild dogs and she lives in fear of the Aleuts (a tribe who arrive on the island to hunt seals).
What does Mon A Nee mean?
Karana names the otter Mon-a-nee, which means “Little Boy with Large Eyes.” Mon-a-nee is difficult to keep fed, however, and after three days that Karana cannot feed him because the sea is too rough to fish, she returns to the tide pool to find that he has gone back to the ocean.
Why do you think Karana didn’t kill the wild dog when she had the chance?
Q. Why didn’t Karana kill the leader of the wild dogs when she had a chance? The dog stayed on the ground; if he got up she may have shot him.
Why was Karana willing to leave the island?
Karana decides to leave the island because she realizes that the life she leads on the island, isolated and severed from social connection, is not a viable one. Although she ends up making a life for herself on the island, her interactions with Tutok proves that there is a certain loneliness and desolation in her life.
What is the climax of Island of the Blue Dolphins?
The climax is the arrival and hurried departure of a rescue ship followed several years later by its return. The falling action is the nine days that the rescue ship lays anchored in Coral Cove. The outcome is Karana’s rescue. The climax is when Karana does not kill the wounded dog, Rontu.
What is karanas greatest loss from the earthquake?
What was Karana’s biggest loss after the tsunami and earthquake? Karana’s biggest loss was her canoes. Why was it important that Karana build another canoe? It was important for Karana to build another canoe because if she sails on it, it will fall and break into pieces and leak.
What animals swim in front of the boat carrying Karana as it leaves the island?
5 of 5 What animals swim in front of the boat carrying Karana as it leaves the island?
- Dolphins.
- Dogs.
- Devil fish.
- Otters.
What does Rontu-ARU look like?
Rontu. Unlike the other dogs, which have brown fur and brown eyes, Rontu has yellow eyes and gray fur (he is also much larger than the average dog of the island). Though Rontu and Karana are enemies at the beginning of the novel, they become friends after Karana injures Rontu and then nurses him back to health.
What did Karana find out about her people who had left the island many years before?
Karana inquires about the ship that had taken her people many years before, but it is not until much later that she finds out that it had sunk soon after it reached its destination.