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=Rong of Right Rontu=

==In chapters 25 and 26 o//f Island of the 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 think that when she gets a new dog, that it looks like Rontu that he is easily replicable, but the reader actually knows that it is actually for endearment because she only wants a dog that looks like him so she will remember Rontu. One page 155 Karana mentioned, " I caught several dogs the first time, but since it was not the one with the yellow eyes, and since I was afraid to handle them, I was forced to let them free." Karana might seem that she did not wait enough time to mourn for Rontu after he died, but she waited a whole season before she went to catch another dog. While it is true that Karana named the dog Rontu and you may find it rude to Rontu, but the reader knows that it just shows how much she misses him and so that she will never forget Rontu. Because Rontu dies Karana wanted to capture and tame a dog because she misses Rontu.==

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