Bravey

   Authors Note: this piece is comparing two girls from two very different stories 

 Have you ever had to spend the night alone outside with no friends or family? Imagine having to live life alone with no family, no friends, no home, food or warmth. In the novels, Sarah bishop, & Island of the blue dolphins by Scott, O dell, two girls with very different lifestyles both loss their family and have to learn survive on there own.  Needless to say bravery and courage play a big role in these two books.

      First of all,  In Sarah bishop,  Sarah bishop ,is a fifteen years old girl, living at home with her brother and father. Until war breaks out in her home town. Her families house is burned down due to this feud. When the only two members of her family pass away, she is on her own. In Island of the blue dolphins, Karana is on her own because her brother and her are left behind by a ship that was supposed to take her entire village to a new land. When attempting to survive by themselves, wild dogs attack and to her dismay eat her brother . After the only other person on the island is gone,  she is left alone on the island to fend and survive by herself.

   Secondly, in Sarah bishop, Sarah is out on her own trying to find a place to live. She is on the run from the government so she cannot live in the city, or any nearby towns. Eventually she finds a cave in the middle of nowhere to live. Island of the blue dolphins, Karana is on her own also, she must find a secure home. Karana find s a cave to live in and she begins to survive on her own. Both characters  learn to survive on their own and live in caves.

   These character have a plethora of similarities but they also have some differences. Sarah bishop ,unlike Karana, is left on her own because of the revolutionary war. The war tore apart her family and village ,allowing Sarah to never have a normal childhood again. Karana was left behind, by missing the only ship that was taking her village to the new world.  Karana lost her brother and was on an island alone learning to survive not knowing if she would ever see another person again.

    Overall bravery and courage plays a big role in these two books.These two characters, in the books Sarah Bishop and Island of the blue dolphin, show the will to survive and determination to keep living.