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What is the Aleut girls name in Island of the Blue Dolphins?
Karana
Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 children’s novel by American writer Scott O’Dell, which tells the story of a 12-year-old girl named Karana, who is stranded alone for years on an island off the California coast.
What did Karana make for the Aleut girl?
abalone disk circlet
Karana makes an abalone disk circlet for Tutok’s hair. She misses Tutok when the Aleut girl leaves the island with the hunting group.
What word does the Aleut girl say that Karana says sounds like the word pretty in her language?
wintscha
The girl speaks to Karana in a language that Karana can barely understand, but Karana does know the word wintscha (“pretty”), which the girl uses to describe Karana’s cormorant skirt. Karana allows the girl, whose name is Tutok, to try on the skirt, but at the same time is mistrustful because Tutok is an Aleut.
How does Karana feel about Tutok?
Karana is naturally mistrustful of the Aleuts and of Tutok by extension. Even when Karana starts spending some time with Tutok, she does not trust her. When Tutok asks Karana’s name, Karana tells her “Won-a-pa-lei” instead of her secret name.
Who is the Aleut girl in island of the Blue Dolphins?
The Aleut girl, Tutok finds Karana and becomes a friend. At first, Karana doesn’t trust her, but over time, Karana learns that Tutok will not hurt her. Tutok never tells the men about Karana. This time when the Aleuts leave, Karana is sad to lose her friend.
What does the girl say to Karana in island of the Blue Dolphins?
The girl calls Rontu to her, and motions to say that Rontu is hers. Karana protests, and the girl acquiesces, signing that Rontu now belongs to Karana. The girl speaks to Karana in a language that Karana can barely understand, but Karana does know the word wintscha (“pretty”), which the girl uses to describe Karana’s cormorant skirt.
Who is Tutok in island of the Blue Dolphins?
In that way, Tutok represents the conflict inherent in Karana’s isolation — she can do whatever she wants, and she’s relatively safe, but she’s also completely isolated and entirely cut off from her people.
Who are the Strangers in the island of the Blue Dolphins?
The representative of the strangers is Captain Orlov, a Russian, who has come with a native American tribe known as the Aleuts to hunt otter on the island of the blue dolphins (known to its inhabitants as Ghalas-at). There is disagreement between the two, for the Aleuts had caused trouble on the island some years before.