How does Karana get injured?

The young bull Karana targeted is tackled from the side by the bull hose cow he had threatened, and a fierce battle ensues. As the two sea elephants fight on the shore, Karana, attempting to move out of their way, injures her leg.

Why did Karana leave her home despite her injured leg?

Chapter 14: Injured and Alone

For five days, Karana cannot leave her house because her leg is so swollen. She has plenty of food, but her water starts to run low on the third day, and by the fifth it is completely gone.

What did Karana do when she found the wounded dog?

She doesn't seem to know. Karana eventually decides to pick up the wounded dog and carry him home. There, she removes the tip of the arrow and cleans his wound with a "peeled stick from a coral bush" (15.27).

What happened in chapter 13 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In chapter 13, Karana has gone to the cliffs to kill a bull sea elephant to make arrows from their teeth. According to Karana, a sea elephant is a type of seal that weighs as much as thirty men. Usually, it takes several men to net a sea elephant.

Why did Karana go into black cave?

Karana packs her belongings, and she and Rontu move into the cave near the ravine to avoid being seen by the hunters.

Why do I always get injured?

What happens in Chapter 24 in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 24 of Island of the Blue Dolphins is a turning point for Karana. She rescues a couple more animals and eventually reunites with her otter friend, Mon-a-nee. After she realizes that Mon-a-nee is acting as the mother to two babies, Karana decides that she's done killing animals for good.

Why did Karana burn the village?

Answers 1. Karana had too many memories of the village and its people..... people who'd left, and people who were dead. She no longer wanted to live with the memories..... the memories left her lonely and sad.

How does Karana get injured what effects does her injury cause?

As the two sea elephants fight on the shore, Karana, attempting to move out of their way, injures her leg. The two bulls fight all day and into the night. As the sun sets, Karana's leg begins to hurt even more and she goes home.

What happens in chapter 15 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 15 of Island of the Blue Dolphins is all about Karana finding her new friend, Rontu. She starts off with plans of revenge against the dogs that killed her brother, and she does take down a few of them.

What happens in chapter 12 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In Chapter 12 of Scott O'Dell's ''Island of the Blue Dolphins,'' Karana is pleased to be back home. Her attention now is focused on how to survive safely and comfortably on the island without being menaced by the wild dogs that brutally ended her brother's life.

What happened in chapter 17 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

After a fierce battle, Rontu leaves one of the dogs with a broken leg and the other fatally wounded. Rontu howls victoriously at the top of the mound and returns to Karana's home. After that, the pack splits into two, but never returns to Karana's home.

What happened in chapter 16 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 16 of Island of the Blue Dolphins covers a lot of ground -- almost an entire year. Karana finds a hiding place in case the Aleuts come back to the island, finds and repairs a canoe to be seaworthy, and eventually finds the best cave on the island.

What happens in chapter 18 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In Chapter 18, Karana is enjoying spring on the island. The flowers are blooming and birds are singing in a way that she can't help but appreciate the beauty around her. After two birds with red heads and yellow bodies build a nest nearby, Karana watches the pair take turns sitting on their eggs.

Is Island of the Blue Dolphins a true story?

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a work of historical fiction based on the life of an American Indian woman who spent 18 years in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California.

How long does Karana stay in her new house until her leg heals?

Instead of trying to make it home, Karana crawls into a cave near the spring, where she stays for six days, only leaving to get more water, until her leg is healed and she can walk.

What kind of dog is Rontu?

Rontu is the former pet of the Aleutian hunters. "He was a much larger dog than any of ours," Karana tells us, "which besides have short hair and brown eyes. I was sure that he was an Aleut dog" (15.3). Rontu used to belong to the Aleut.

How did Karana get a new dog after Rontus death?

How did Karana get a new dog after Rontu's death? She put a mixture into the spring water to make the dogs go to sleep. Their ship had sunk in the storm, then their was no other ship.

Why do you think Karana adopted the two baby birds What did she name them?

Karana names the larger of the two birds Tainor, after a young man she liked that was killed by the Aleuts; she names the smaller one Lurai, which is the name she would have liked instead of Karana.

What happens to Karana at the end of the novel?

Two more years pass and Karana finally gets her happy ending. A ship full of white men arrive on the island. Though Karana doesn't speak their language, she understands that they will take her to safety. She packs up her pet birds and Rontu-Aru, and she leaves for the mainland.

What happened in chapter 28 of island of the Blue Dolphins?

The huge waves destroy Karana's canoe and those she had stored under the cliffs. Karana looks among the wreckage left by the waves to find wood to build a new canoe. She retrieves parts of canoes washed ashore and collects enough wood to make a new vessel.

What happens in chapter 27 of island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana soon sees a huge wave (tsunami) coming towards the island, and she runs to escape by climbing a cliff. She climbs as high as she can but is soaked by a second, larger ocean wave. Once the water retreats, Karana leaves the cliff for the safety of her shelter.

What did Karana find in the chest?

Karana searches for spearheads and weapons among the ashes of the village, in the canoes the tribe hid, and in the chest of beads that the Aleut hunters left.

How did Karana get stranded on the island?

Karana has been alone on the island for many years after she jumped off the ship that took her people to the mainland after realizing her brother had missed the same boat. A few days later, her brother is killed by wild dogs, and she is left alone on the island.

What happened in chapter 10 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana spends the summer watching for the ship to come back. But when winter arrives, she gives up hope. Karana becomes more and more lonely. After a storm hits the island, she decides to take one of the smaller canoes and go east across the ocean, to where her people have gone.