I chose this novel because it's an outstanding recreation of a real life story about young Indian woman named Karana who lived on an island for eighteen years all alone. Constantly fighting wild dogs for food, avoiding the white men who had killed her father, and taking shelter is just part of the struggle Karana had through -out her ordeal. .
It all started out one day when a member of Karana's tribe had spotted ships on the horizon. The white men had come. This is one of the things Karana's tribe feared the most. When the white men came last time, they almost hunted the otter to a point of no existence leaving only a few for the Indians to eat and make clothes from.
When the white men had landed, Karana's father the chief, was waiting at the shoreline with the best of his warriors. After a talk with the chief, the captain of the white men's ship made a bargain. They were to hunt otter and in return give 25% of their catch and a chest full of the finest beads, silks, and jewelry to the Indian tribe.
At the end of otter hunting season, the white men had begun to pack their ship up and get ready to leave without keeping their end of the bargain. The chief would not tolerate this kind of obscurity so he and his finest warriors approached the captain of the white men and demanded that they give them their fair share of the catch. After a brief and brisk conversation between the two men, a fight broke out. leaving all but a few of the warrior riors dead, including the chief.
Some time later another ship had come by. This particular ship was promising. The new ship had stumbled across the small island, The Island of the Blue Dolphins, had come to take the surviving Indians to their country. All the Indians had boarded the ship, when Karana noticed her brother was not abroad. She could see his faint figure off in the distance on the island flailing his arms like crazy. Instinctively she jumped off the ship and swam to shore when the captain would turn back for her brother.
She, her older sister Ulape, and her brother Ramo live on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. ... Every year people called Aleuts come to their island to hunt otter. ... She returned to the island to get him. ... While she was on the island she made temporary shelter. ... One day when she awoke she saw a ship coming towards the island. ...
A large wave comes screaming towards the island, the ground shaking . This fictional book is called, Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O"Dell. ... A girl gets stuck on the island all alone. ... He is adventurous and curious, like a dolphin. ... What happens to the island? ...
If you are looking for a weekend getaway, which will provide warm weather, beautiful beaches, scenic volcanic rocks, stunning waterfalls, a dolphin show, and relaxation then look no further and visit Cheju-Do Island. Cheju-Do Island also known as Nature's Paradise in the North Pacific, is Korea's largest island, which came into existence 700 to 1,200 thousand years ago when lava spewed from a sub-sea volcano and surfaced above the waters. ... We then came across a great attraction called "Pacific Island," which offers a dolphin, penguin, and sea lion show, kind of like sea world, w...
Gulf Islands National Seashore The Gulf Islands National Seashore, a part of the National Park Service, is a 150-mile stretch of barrier islands and coastal land in Mississippi and Florida. ... Barrier Island (Flora) The barrier island ecosystem is broken up into four communities. ... The next community on the Gulf Islands National Seashore Barrier Islands is the Upland Woody Community. ... Some of these fish are bluefish, cobia, croaker, grouper snapper, shrimp, blue crab, flounder, and red fish. ... There are no large mammals on the land of the Gulf Island National...
A Little Island in Texas As soon as we crossed the state line the dry heat sweltered as though we hadn't entered a state, rather we had encountered a ferocious desert. ... I thought to myself, "One whole week stranded on a desert island with temperatures in the upper 90s during the day?" ... After settling in to the raggedy home, I subconsciously began to fall in love with the tourist-inhabited South Padre Island, Texas. ... A most amazing sight drew me back from my tranquility, a family of dolphins meandered their way in and out of the water, puffing water out of their blowholes l...
Usually, at the mention of beaches, we'd think of warm golden sand and glittering blue water. ... Not only that, in the Bay of Islands there are opportunities to swim with dolphins, something not many people have had the chance to do in their entire lives. If sandy beaches aren't your 'kinda thang', Goat Island has amazing, crystal clear rock pools with all sorts of sea creatures and an opportunity to ride on a glass-bottomed boat. ...
Also you could picture the pool as being as blue as the sky and a waterfall next to is as beautiful as Niagara Falls. ... There could also be dolphins or whales or any animals in the water you want because it's your imagination. ... Another thing is that in the book they emphasized that long island went all the way from east egg to Manhattan but the movie never showed any place but the eggs. ...
