Reading and Writing Assignment for 12/31/15 24thclass

This is terrific, and I think you are spot on that part of Karana's reason for saving him is that she needs a friend.  You also came up with a great ending, and while I will send you some comments by e-mail, the English is very good, and you should be very pleased with yourself as your writing gets better and better. 

Hello,Laraine

    karana in the book Holes is a character who undergoes many changes. One of the most important changes is about she and dogs.

   After the wild dogs killed her brother Ramo, she is very angry about  the pack of wild dogs and really wants to kill them for her brother's death. Particularly the leader of the pack because she thinks if there is no that dog, her brother will not die. She tries to kill them. But she can't hurt the leader one. Only the last time she faces the leader and hurst him with her arrow. But after she finds the dog lies on the ground with her arrow still in his chest, she saves the dog's live.

   I think she does it because she is a kind-hearted girl and she is too lone to stay on the Island. She needs a creature that she can talk with. Even it is a dog.

Hi Enya, You are exactly right about her motivation (why she wants to do it) for wanting to kill the wild dogs especially the leader. And I like your idea (and your use of the word "creature") that she needs someone to talk to. I think that's one of the reasons she doesn't kill the leader when she finds him lying on the ground with her arrow still in his chest. 

Thank you for writing  despite the geography test!!   Laraine

In the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, the character Karana who undergoes many changes, especially her attitude to those while dogs. When she first be left in the island, she hates those while dogs who kill her brother. Then, once she goes to the island she meets a while dog who is the leader of those while dogs but he gets a big hurt by the others. She named it Rontu, and takes him home to live with her. I think Rontu is quite same as Karana. They all being leave by the others, all get big hurt (one is on body and the other is on heart). Then they finally they find each other and it’s mean they find themselves.

 

Hi Cindy, While there are a few spelling changes that need to be made this last part below is just superb (really awesome). I think you are completely right. Karana is drawn to Rontu because they are both left by themselves to take care of themselves, and she just can't let the complete isolation and loneliness she feels happen to him. She knows too well what it feels like.  And when he lifts his head to look at her instead of snarling and running away, she sees him as a person more than a dog. 

This is my favorite part:

"They all being leave by the others, all get big hurt (one is on body and the other is on heart). Then they finally they find each other and it’s mean they find themselves. "

I also love the conclusion because it fits what some researchers in human behavior say, "We only discover who we are through our interaction with others, as Enya would say, even if it's only a dog .

I admire the way you think about the  figurative meanings of words along with their literal meanings.