Knowing that gathering enough wood to make a new canoe will take a long time, Karana searches for wreckage from the old canoes. She finds
the remains of one of her canoes
, and brings the planks back to her house. Collecting planks from old canoes around the island, she soon has enough to build a new one.
What does Karana do to change the canoe?
What does karana do to the canoe? How does she do it ? Karana
makes the canoe smaller so it's easier to pull in and out of the plan is and short ens them then binds them with sinews
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Why does Karana hide her canoe?
The cave is very dark, and while navigating it, Karana wonders whether this is the type of place where the angry Tumaiyowit (a god of her peoples' legend) had gone. Soon she discovers
a rock ledge
that would be a perfect place to store her canoe so that she could have it ready if she needed to escape the Aleuts.
What does Karana use to patch the leak in her canoe?
The sea is rough and Karana is afraid, but she uses the
stars
to find her way. During the night, she realizes her canoe is leaking, and plug the crack with fiber form her skirt.
Where did Karana hide her canoe?
Karana hides the canoe in
the cave below the headland near her home
. She notices a ship on the horizon and believes that it belongs to the Aleuts because it has two red sails. Karana packs her belongings, and she and Rontu move into the cave near the ravine to avoid being seen by the hunters.
Why does Karana say she is happy at the end of Chapter 16?
Why do you think Karana is happy at the end of Ch 16?
Because she was no longer lonely
. She has a plan to make a spear to hunt the devilfish. When Rontu goes back to the wild dogs, Karana does not help him fight.
Why didnt Karana stop the fight between Rontu and the two dogs?
Karana noticed Rontu was acting dpstrand when
the lack of dogs came by
. She let him out of the fence and he had not returned. … She stated that the fight was between Rontu and the other two dogs. Karana knew if she broke up the fight they would eventually fight again.
Why was Karana hesitant about returning to the island?
Though Karana is alone, she still acts like a member of her tribe, and the traditions of her people still affect her. Even though she needs weapons to defend herself from the wild dogs, she is reluctant to make them,
because the laws of her tribe forbid it
.
How did Karana feel after she returned to the island?
How did Karana feel when she finally reached the island? She
felt tired, relieved, happy and mad
. Karana left the island because she could not bear to live there alone another day; yet when she returned she felt happy.
Why was Karana willing to leave the island?
Karana decides to leave the island
because she realizes that the life she leads on the island, isolated and severed from social connection, is not a viable one
. Although she ends up making a life for herself on the island, her interactions with Tutok proves that there is a certain loneliness and desolation in her life.
What does Karana do when she realizes her brother Ramo is not on the ship?
When Ramo does not arrive at the beach, Karana returns to the village. … Instead,
she returns to the village and sits up all night by hr brother's body
, vowing one day to kill the wild dogs. Many days pass after Ramo is killed, and on one foggy morning Karana decides to leave the village forever.
Why did she decide not to build her house near the sea elephants?
Karana does not build her house near the sea elephants
because they are extremely noisy
. The cows are “screaming and barking through the whole day and sometimes at night” and she comments that even the babies are noisy. … Karana ends up building her house on the headlands.
Why does Karana The narrator decide not to shoot the wounded dog?
Karana indicates so herself by saying “The big dog lay there (…) this may be the reason. If he had got up I would have killed him.” Suddenly, it appears that Karana is
feeling pity for the wounded dog
, and therefore is unable to kill him, as he is in fact not posing a threat to her any longer.
What did Karana and Tutok the Aleut girl do together?
Tutok is the young Aleutian girl who becomes friends with Karana when the Russian hunters return to the island a second time. Tutok becomes friends with Karana when
they exchange names and play games together
during Tutok's short stay on the island. …
How did Karana get a new dog after Rontu 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.
What did Karana find out about her people who had left the island many years before?
Karana inquires about the ship that had taken her people many years before, but it is not until much later that she finds out
that it had sunk soon after it reached its destination
.
