What happens to Karana's brother?

Once she has finished these necessities, Karana decides it is time to exact her revenge on the wild dogs that killed her brother. She used fire to scare them out of their cave, and strikes down their leader along with several others.

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.

How is Ramo in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Ramo is Karana's younger brother. When the white men come to the island to evacuate the natives, he returns to the village for his fishing spear and actually misses the boat. Always the caring older sister, Karana jumps off the departing ship to be with her brother on the island.

What does Karana do with Rontu after he dies?

Karana puts Rontu down, but he does not want to chase the birds. Soon afterward, he is dead. Karana buries him on the headland, covering his grave with colored pebbles and a stick he liked to chase.

What does Karana do when she realizes her brother Ramo is not on the ship?

Karana's little brother, Ramo, slips away to their house to retrieve a spear. When Karana realizes he is not on the ship, she jumps overboard and swims ashore as the ship is sailing away.

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Who is Ramo and how old is he?

Ramo is a curious and mischievous six-year-old boy who is the proud informant of everything that happens on the island.

What happened to Ramo in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Although Karana urges the captain to wait for Ramo to return, the ship must leave before a storm approaches. Despite restraint, Karana jumps off the ship and swims to shore and the ship departs without them. While awaiting the return of the ship, Ramo is brutally killed by a pack of feral dogs.

What killed Rontu?

Rontu and Forgiveness

At the end of Chapter 8, Karana vows revenge against the dog pack for killing her brother (8.50). We see that she manages to shoot Rontu in the chest in Chapter 15.

How did Karana tame Rontu?

Rontu walks to Karana's feet and dies. Later, Karana spots a wild dog that looks like Rontu. She decides he must be Rontu's son. Karana traps him and trains him, calling him Rontu-Aru.

What does Rontu look like?

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 is karanas real name?

In the book she's named Karana. Her birth name is lost to history, but she's often referred to as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island or as Juana María, the name under which she was baptized before burial at Mission Santa Barbara.

Why can't the ship wait for Ramo according to Chief Matasaip?

Why can't the ship wait for Ramo, according to Chief Matasaip? The ship is too full of people.

What does Karana do when she sees Ramo onshore?

When Karana reaches the spot the noise is coming from, she finds Ramo dead, surrounded by the pack of dogs. She carries Ramo back to the village, and the dogs follow her all the way.

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.

How did Karana learn what happened to her tribe?

Karana tries to ask the men about the ship that brought her people to the mainland, but they don't understand her. We learn that after Karana reaches Mission Santa Barbara on the mainland, she finds out that the ship carrying her people sank. No wonder the ship never returned to rescue her.

Why is Karana afraid of the Aleut girl?

(page number). Karana was afraid the Aleut girl would find her cave because lots of different types of food grew in the ravine near her cave (page number). Karana hates and fears the Aleuts because they killed her father and most of her people. The Aleuts have guns.

What is the name of the Aleut girl that Karana meets?

Karana allows the girl, whose name is Tutok, to try on the skirt, but at the same time is mistrustful because Tutok is an Aleut. Soon Tutok leaves, and Karana, fearing that she will return with the Aleut hunters, gathers her things and prepares to leave.

What did Karana name the otter?

Karana feeds it fresh fish daily, and the otter begins to take food from her hand. She names the otter, Mon-a-nee, which means “Little Boy with Large Eyes” in her language.

Who dies in the island of Blue Dolphin?

Rontu, in Island of the Blue Dolphins, dies next to Karana after leaving her to return to his former cave home, and becoming too weak to return to...

Why does Karana carry the dog Rontu back to her house?

She is unable to kill a defenseless creature, even if it has done her a grievous wrong. Karana's decision to bring Rontu back to her house is almost as mysterious as her decision not to kill him.

Why did Karana name the dog Rontu?

She removes the arrow point, tends his wound, and brings the dog water and food. When he has recovered and Karana believes that he will not harm her, she names him Rontu. She explains that this means “fox eyes” in her language.

Why did Karana leave the island?

Karana left the island because she could not bear to live there alone another day; yet when she returned she felt happy.

Why has Captain Orlov and the Aleuts come to the island?

Captain Orlov is the leader of the Russian hunters who come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins to hunt for otters. He's a shifty guy who promises that he has come in peace, but in the end, he betrays Chief Chowig.

What deal did Captain Orlov and Chief Chowig make?

Lesson Summary

The leader of the Aleuts, Captain Orlov reassures Chowig that this time they will do their own hunting and will pay the villagers with half of their catch.