Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

A detailed Summary of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

In the Pacific there is an island shaped like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephant and birds abound. A young Indian girl lives and waits for her people to return for her, from the land to the east. Karana with her long black hair and her dark skin, held her own on an island after her people had left for a new place. She was sure they would come back the next spring, but after two springs she learned to live on her own. I really admire her strength and her will power. She faces so many different adventures that you can relate to your life in a different fashion.

Living on your own brings in many new ideas and adventures. Karana has many hard decisions to make, when she has to decided to go with childhood teaching or fending for herself. " I wonder what would happen to me if I went against the law of our tribe which forbade the making of weapons by women... would the four winds blow in from the four directions of the world and smother me as I made the weapons? Or wo

Each spring she hoped that her people would return and take her to the far off land which they had left for. Each spring she grew more and more restless for human contact. Till it came the Aleuts the hunters, they had come before. They had come to hunt otter. When they came the first time they had caused her people much pain taking the lives of their men and their leaders. Karana had longed for human contact but not with them they were the enemy. She hid away many days in a cave only leaving at night for food and water. Till one of the Aleut women found her home. Karana was cautious but interested. She befriended this enemy they would talk for hours while the men were hunting. They without saying goodbye Karana's friend left her. She must have a lot of strength to not go running after her. If I was there I would have even gone with my enemy than stay another day. But Karana with her faith believed her people would return.

uld the earth tremble, as many said, and bury me beneath its falling rocks?" The choice to build weapons sa

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Approximate Word count = 698
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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