jf115+Rontu-Aru

Unimportant or Important

In Chapters 25 and 26 of Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O Dell, Karana's loyal dog Rontu dies of old age, leading her to capture and tame a new dog. Some readers may thing B but the reader should think A because the son is the only one she would keep. On the one hand, Rontu is starting to get replaced but on the other hand, Rontu is not fully replaced. Although she thinks Rontu-Aru is Rontu, The reader knows Rontu-Aru is just to remind Karana about Rontu. Because a dog simular to Rontu was found, Karana tried with all her effort to tame the dog as a memory of Rontu.