Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader’s Edition by Scott O’Dell, Edited by Sara L. Schwebel (978-0520289376)
Write a literary analysis of Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins. You must quote/paraphrase the novel and 2+ additional sources to support your ideas with evidence.
Expand our in class discussions and your own notes to answer the following: In what specific ways does this work of historical fiction demonstrate ecological and individual/community resilience? What were/are the impacts of these demonstrations of resilience in the 1960s and/or today?
For your conclusion, please do not simply summarize everything I’ve just read. Instead, be sure to address the larger social significance (LSS) of your ideas: Why might it be beneficial to study ecological and individual/community resilience simultaneously? What might authors hope to accomplish/convey to their readership with this overlap?
