Moral Development-Vanessa

From chapter 3,Karana started to care about the otters, because she found it fun to see them playing or sunning themselves among the kelp.She was angry to see the hunters with their long spears skimming over the water.When Karana is first left alone on the island, her moral ideology is more or less identical to that of her people.After a period of time, she adapts to the environment, and started treating the animals with respect and as her friends.Even though Karana's tribe forbid women from making weapons, a fact that Karana struggles with constantly as she pits superstition against necessity.Everytime she tries,she will have fear.Time after time,her fear slowly fades away.After a while, she starts to feel very bored because there is no one to talk to.One day,a girl from her enemy's tribe,Tutok,came to the Island.At first,she does not trust her.Day by day,due to boredom,she starts to trust Tutok and become friends with her.She even told Tutok her secret name.A final way in which Karana divulges from the ideology of her people is her decision not to kill any more animals.

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