What did Karana make in Chapter 12?

Karana kills two of the dogs, but not the leader. Once the house is built, Karana starts to make other things she'll need to survive. She weaves a basket for water and makes some utensils. She also digs a fire pit in the house and carves out shelves in the rock.

What happens in chapter 12 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In Chapter 12 of Scott O'Dell's ''Island of the Blue Dolphins,'' Karana is pleased to be back home. Her attention now is focused on how to survive safely and comfortably on the island without being menaced by the wild dogs that brutally ended her brother's life.

Which utensils did Karana make?

Karana uses a wooden club to protect herself from the wild dogs, and eventually she breaks tribal rules to make weapons for that purpose. She used whale bones to make a fence, made baskets from reeds, and eating utensils from stones. She also made spears and arrows and built fires.

What is Karana problem at the end of Chapter 12?

What is Karana's problem at the end of chapter 12? The island has very strong wind; therefore, there are not many large trees. She needs wood to build her shelter.

How did Karana make her weapons?

Although animals come at night, they cannot get through the fence. Once her house is finished, Karana fashions some utensils from rocks. She makes a basket from reeds and seals it with pitch so that it can hold water.

The Explorer: Chapter 12

Is Karana experienced at making weapons?

She has a lot of trouble making the weapon. But eventually she is able to finish them. After the weapons are made, Karana sees the leader of the dog pack watching her.

How did Karana make the arrows?

In chapter 13, Karana has gone to the cliffs to kill a bull sea elephant to make arrows from their teeth. According to Karana, a sea elephant is a type of seal that weighs as much as thirty men.

What happens to Karana at the end of the novel?

Two more years pass and Karana finally gets her happy ending. A ship full of white men arrive on the island. Though Karana doesn't speak their language, she understands that they will take her to safety. She packs up her pet birds and Rontu-Aru, and she leaves for the mainland.

Why did Karana build a fence?

Karana needed to build a fence around her new home to kelp the red foxes out. They stole her food.

Why did Karana make a special spear during the winter?

Karana raises her spear to kill the devilfish (which are very tasty), but it shoots out a cloud of ink and escapes. Karana decides to spend some of her time during the winter making a special type of spear she has seen people of her tribe use to catch devilfish.

Why was Karana's father making a new spear?

Why was Karana's father making a new spear? He is preparing a weapon to fight for the otter he was promised.

Why does Karana think she should not make weapons?

Karana decides she needs weapons to protect herself from the dogs, but the laws of Ghalas-at forbid women from making weapons. Karana returns to her village to sift through the ashes in the hope of finding spearheads, but, finding nothing, begins to look elsewhere.

Where did Karana build her house?

Karana rejects one of the places because the sea elephants that are nearby are too loud, the second place is close to village of Ghalas-at. She decides to build near the headland where she has been staying. After hiding from the storm for a couple of days, Karana sets out to gather her materials to build her new home.

What was Karana planning to do with the cave?

Karana decides to make the cave into a second home where she can stay if she is again injured or sick. She knows her ancestors used the cave because it is filled with drawing, but she does not know what for.

Why was it difficult for Karana to make a bow?

Why was it difficult for Karana to make a bow - as in bow and arrow? Wood of the proper strength was not easy to find on the island. She had never seen her father make a bow, so she didn't know how to do it. She could not decide on the design of her bow.

Why did Karana burn the village?

Answers 1. Karana had too many memories of the village and its people..... people who'd left, and people who were dead. She no longer wanted to live with the memories..... the memories left her lonely and sad.

What does Karana's dog's name mean?

To her surprise, Karana is somewhat disappointed, and begins to call out for the dog. When she enters her house, however, she finds the dog inside. That night she sleeps inside the house and decides to name the dog Rontu, which means Fox Eyes.

How did Karana get a new dog after Rontus 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 did Karana find in the black cave?

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.

Who dies in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Rontu, in Island of the Blue Dolphins, dies next to Karana after leaving her to return to his former cave home, and becoming too weak to return to...

Is Island of the Blue Dolphins real?

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a work of historical fiction based on the life of an American Indian woman who spent 18 years in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California.

What is Karana's plan for her five arrows?

Karana's plan to take out the pack is pretty simple: she'll light a fire at the mouth of their cave and wait with her bow to shoot the dogs as they come out. The dogs don't come out until after the fire goes out, though, and they come out slowly.

What was the first thing Karana decided to build and why?

Karana finally decides on the headland, where the sea elephants are very noisy. She begins to plan her new home, deciding that the first thing she needs is a fence to protect her food supply.

How did Karana tame Rontu?

Rontu walks to Karana's feet and dies. Later, Karana spots a wild dog that looks like Rontu. She decides he must be Rontu's son. Karana traps him and trains him, calling him Rontu-Aru.