This is Mon-a-nee, for sure. She holds up a fish, and faster than she can even see, Mon-a-nee has snatched it away from her. It’s two months (two moons, according to Karana) before Karana sees Mon-a-nee again. When she does, she’s back out looking for abalone and sees Mon-a-nee swimming with two baby otters behind him.
What does Karana discover on her step?
When Karana returns, she knows someone has been at her cave. She looks fearfully around, not daring to enter. All she finds, however, is a necklace of beautiful black rocks left at the entrance of the cave .
How does Karana finally recognize Mon-a-nee?
How does Karana finally recognize Mon-a-nee? He follows her back to shore and takes a fish from her hand. He snuggles with Rontu . He has different eyes than the rest of the otters.
What does it mean that Karana eventually gives the otter a name MON-a-nee?
Karana names the otter Mon-a-nee, which means “ Little Boy with Large Eyes .” Mon-a-nee is difficult to keep fed, however, and after three days that Karana cannot feed him because the sea is too rough to fish, she returns to the tide pool to find that he has gone back to the ocean.
Why did Karana change Mon-A-Nee’s name to won a nee?
Karana saves an otter from the kelp bed in Chapter 23 after the Aleutian hunters leave. Instead of killing the otter as the Aleuts would have done, she heals him and names him Mon-a-nee. Their relationship represents a different approach to the natural world.
How many babies does Mon-A-Nee have?
Mon-a-nee has two babies , and so Karana renames her Won-a-nee, “Girl with the Large Eyes.” She spends many days playing with Won-a-nee and her babies, and after being friends with the otter and all the other animals decides she will never again kill any of them – not otters, not cormorants, not sea elephants, “for ...
Who killed Rontu?
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.
Why was Karana afraid of the Aleut girl?
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 .
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.
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.
How did Karana keep track of time?
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That same summer, Karana stops keeping track of time as she normally has by marking a pole beside her house . This is also the summer when Rontu dies. He had been going out with Karana less and less and then one night he wanted to go outside of the fence. ... She stays with him through the night.
What gift does Karana make for the Aleut girl?
Karana makes an abalone disk circlet for Tutok’s hair. She misses Tutok when the Aleut girl leaves the island with the hunting group.
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 was the wave of earth that Karana felt?
She hears a loud thunder-like sound and notices that the water of the ocean is much lower than it has ever been before. Karana soon sees a huge wave ( tsunami ) coming towards the island, and she runs to escape by climbing a cliff.
What does Karana vow to never do again after gaining animal friends?
Later in the novel, after Karana has befriended a number of the animals of the island, she decides for herself that she will never again kill any of these animals . This is a significant decision, because she is dependant on a number of these animals for material.
What is Karana’s secret name?
It’s after this time together that she tells Tutok her secret name: Karana (22.12).
