Why does Karana risk her life to leave the island in Chapter 10?
David Richardson
Updated on May 26, 2026
After a storm hits the island, she decides to take one of the smaller canoes and go east across the ocean, to where her people have gone. Karana isn't afraid – she would rather risk her life on the ocean than stay on the island alone, with only a bunch of wild dogs and all of those memories.
Why did Karana decide to leave the island?
Karana left the island because she could not bear to live there alone another day; yet when she returned she felt happy.How did Karana feel about leaving the island?
When the white men come to the island in chapter twenty-eight, Karana thinks of her ancestors and all of the happy days she spent on the island before she decides to leave. Though she thinks for only a moment, her hesitation is significant.Does Karana leave the island?
The group stays at Coral Cove for nine days. The men want to hunt sea otters but the otters have gone away. On the tenth day, the ship leaves the island with Karana, her dog Rontu-aru, and her two birds in their cage.What does Karana do before leaving the village forever?
Many days pass after Ramo is killed, and on one foggy morning Karana decides to leave the village forever. She burns the houses down one by one, and sets out to the place where she has decided to wait for the white men's ship, west of Coral Cove.The Quarry | Chapter 10 Keep Everyone Alive Walkthrough
What happens in chapter 10 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?
By Scott O'DellKarana spends the summer watching for the ship to come back. But when winter arrives, she gives up hope. Karana becomes more and more lonely. After a storm hits the island, she decides to take one of the smaller canoes and go east across the ocean, to where her people have gone.