Table of Contents
- 1 How did Karana eventually capture Rontu son?
- 2 What steps does Karana take to capture and make a pet of Rontus son?
- 3 How does Karana catch Rontu ARU the dog she believes to be the son of Rontu?
- 4 What did Karana do to catch the dog?
- 5 How does Rontu change Karana’s life in the Kite Runner?
- 6 How does Karana get the dog to drink xuchal?
How did Karana eventually capture Rontu son?
Karana remembers a weed called toluache. Her tribe used the weed to catch fish. It’s a sedative, not a poison, and Karana thinks it might knock the dogs out so she can sneak in and grab Rontu’s son. She harvests some of it and drops it into the dogs’ watering hole, but nothing happens after they drink it.
What steps does Karana take to capture and make a pet of Rontus son?
What steps does Karana take to capture and make a pet of Rontu’s son? She uses a type of tobacco plant to drug the spring where the dogs drink. Then she carries the dog home and makes him a pet.
How does Karana catch Rontu ARU the dog she believes to be the son of Rontu?
During the winter, Karana makes a snare to trap another dog. She had seen one with gray fur and yellow eyes, and was sure it was Rontu’s son. Karana catches a number of wild dogs with her snares, but none have yellow eyes. Karana finds the gray dog with the yellow eyes among the sleeping pack and brings him home.
What happens in chapter 27 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?
During the last day of hot weather, Karana paddles her canoe down to the sandspit to patch it up with pitch, as she does every spring. Tiring from the work, she slips on her island shades (“shields made of wood with small slits in them to see through”) and takes a nap under the canoe (27.2).
How does Karana tame Rontu-Aru?
Once the dogs drink the water with xuchal, they fall asleep and Karana carries the dog she calls Rontu-Aru, or son of Rontu, back to her house.. Soon, Karana is able to tame Rontu-Aru and they enjoy fishing and visiting Tall Rock in the canoe.
What did Karana do to catch the dog?
Karana makes snares with branches and baits them with fish, hoping to catch the dog. The snares catch other wild dogs, but not the one she wants. Karana also captures a fox and takes it home. She finds that the fox eats her stored food whenever she is away, so she releases it.
How does Rontu change Karana’s life in the Kite Runner?
In this book, Rontu changes Karana’s life mainly by making her much less lonely than she had been before she got him. By the time that Karana gets Rontu, she has been alone for months. The dogs had killed her brother Ramo, leaving her completely alone. She had burned down… Start your 48-hour free trial to unlock this answer and thousands more.
How does Karana get the dog to drink xuchal?
She then puts xuchal in the drinking water—a mixture of ground seashells and wild tobacco ( tobacco weed ). Once the dogs drink the water with xuchal, they fall asleep and Karana carries the dog she calls Rontu-Aru, or son of Rontu, back to her house..