In class, we wrote an essay about Island of the blue Dolphins. I chose to write about how Karana, the main character of the book, grow throughout the book.
Here is the book cover:

Here is my essay:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, is a book based on a true story; however, O’Dell used his imaginations to create details. The book shows how Karana grows during different times.

Before the Aleuts came, Karana had jobs. She has a dad, Chief Chowig, the leader of the tribe, has an older sister, Ulape, and a younger brother, Ramo. They had no mom. Karana was still 12 years old then. They were all living happily until the Aleuts came….

After the Aleuts came, people died. They died because they had a battle. No family has not lost a father, husband, son, or brother. Karana, Ulape, and Ramo lost their father. Then the next leader of the tribe, Kimki, went to find a new land. When the ship came to pick them up to go to the land Kemki has found, Ramo was left on the island. Karana jumped into the water and swam towards the shore. They lived there for a few days, until Ramo got killed by a pack of wild dogs.

Karana lived alone on the island for about 18 years. Then, she was about 30 years old. During this time she tamed animals and she had a lot of animal here to hunt sea otters. She did not know what happen to her tribe until they told her that the ship sank. They brought her to Santa Barbara, but she soon died of a disease that was not familiar to her body.

I think Karana was really, really brave of living alone. I would not like to live alone and had lost my siblings and parents. I wish that she could have lived longer and know more about the world.