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Making Connection: Most people aren't as alone as Karana in the world today, but there is still real people that live in similar manners as she did around the world. There is still people that make their own clothes, food, medicines, and places to live in, just like Karana. Another connection I made was how Karana needed to be self-reliant.

Supporting Characters: Some of the supporting characters in Island of the Blue Dolphin is Nanko and Mon-a-nee. Nanko, youngster of the tribe that Karana's sister, Ulape, really likes. Another supporting character is Mon-a-tee, an otter that Karana discovers harmed after the Aleuts have left her island.

Protagonist: Karana is the protagonist in Island of the Blue Dolphins. It's about her quest to survive alone and escape the island. The first-person narration tells us exactly what she is thinking. This means we really feel for her when she loses her brother, and when she's fighting those Aleutian hunters.

Karana is the protagonist in Island of the Blue Dolphins. It's about her quest to survive alone and escape the island. The first-person narration tells us exactly what she is thinking. This means we really feel for her when she loses her brother, and when she's fighting those Aleutian hunters.

Setting: The setting the book ,Island of the Blue Dolphins, is located in is on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. Though in the book, the girl named it Karana. This book took place in 1835 through 1853.

Antagonist: The antagonist of Island of the Blue Dolphins is the Captain Orlov and the Aleuts. Captain Orlov is the leader of the Russian hunters who come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins to hunt for otters. The hunters group names are called the Aleuts hunters. They end up killing Karana's dad.

The antagonist of Island of the Blue Dolphins is the Captain Orlov and the Aleuts. Captain Orlov is the leader of the Russian hunters who come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins to hunt for otters. The hunters group names are called the Aleuts hunters. They end up killing Karana's dad.

Climax: The climax/peak is the appearance and rushed takeoff of a salvage transport followed quite a while later by its return. The falling activity is the nine days that the salvage transport lays moored in Coral Inlet. The result is Karana's salvage. The climax/peak is when Karana doesn't execute the injured canine, Rontu.

Purpose & Audience: One of the focal subjects is the significance of friendship. Karana has been brought to live up in amicability with different individuals from her local area, just as the animals of land and ocean. Friendship helps these animals to survive since it moves them to suffer during troublesome occasions .With that being said the audience the author is trying to get attention is outgoing people.

Genre: I believe the genre of "Island of the Blue Dolphins" is Historical Fiction. I reason why I think this is because first, the time this current book's topic is on October 19, 1853. This tells me that it might be historical. I also believe that another genre for this book is Children's Literature.