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| Describe Karana's mixed feelings about finally leaving the island. |
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| The island of the blue dolphins is Karana's home and she loves it, but the need for human contact and companionship eventually influences her to leave. When the white men come to the island in chapter twenty-eight, Karana thinks of her ancestors and all of the happy days she spent on the island before she decides to leave. Though she thinks for only a moment, her hesitation is significant. It implies that if Karana leaves Ghalas-at, she will be leaving something behind that she will not get back, even when she meets her people across the sea. This is the feeling of "home" that Karana first felt when she returned from her failed attempt to cross the sea. The island of the blue dolphins not only contains many familiar sights and sounds, but also her culture's entire heritage. If she leaves Ghalas-at, she is also leaving her people. Her desire for human companionship wins over these other motives to stay. The dolphins come and swim with her ship which is a good sign |
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| Tell why Karana pretended not to understand her rescuers when they asked her about the otters |
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| When the white men come to rescue Karana she pretends not to understand them because she does not who they are and she does not want them to kill the otters because she thinks it is wrong for them to hunt. |
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