Ramo is Karana’s younger brother. He is six years old, which is half Karana’s age. (Page 1) “He was small for one who had lived so many suns and moons, but quick as a cricket.” (Page 1) This quote gives a little hint of what Ramo looks like physically. “. . . because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with the folded wings.” (Page 1) This quote explains how Karana knew that Ramo had a short attention span, and didn’t want to distract him from helping her. “But Ramo’s eyes missed little in the world. They were black like a lizard’s and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.” (Page 2) Here Karana is describing how Ramo’s personality and how he observes his surroundings.
When the Aleuts were staying on the island, “Ramo, for instance, brought news about Captain Orlov. “In the morning when he crawls out of his tent he sits on a rock and combs until the beard shines like a cormorant’s wing,” Ramo said.” (Page 10) This quote tells how Ramo likes to know what’s going on and that he probably likes to gossip. After Karana’s father had died, “It was not easy to look after Ramo, who was always into some mischief.” This quote shows that Ramo constantly got into trouble, and it was even harder to handle now that her father wasn’t there.
When the white men were leaving with the people of Ghalas-at away to a new home, Ramo had gone to get his fishing spear and missed the boarding of the ship. The white men wouldn’t go back for him so Karana jumped off the ship and swam back to the island to stay with him. Ramo was killed by wild dogs while they were staying on the island. “All night I sat there with the body of my brother and did not sleep. I vowed that someday I would go back and kill the wild dogs in the cave. I would kill all of them. I thought of how I would do it, but mostly I thought of Ramo, my brother.” This quote explains that Karana missed her brother and showed deep hatred towards the dogs; enough to kill them all and get her revenge on them.
Ramo is a round character because the reader gets to see the different sides of him throughout the chapters that he was in the book. He shows us how he could not defend himself against the wild dogs and had not been trained to be in this certain situation. He also shows that he loves Karana when he says he didn’t care if the white men never came back for them because he liked staying there with her. Ramo is also a static character because he did not change throughout the story. He will always be the Ramo he was; mischievous, curious, and full of wonder.
When the Aleuts were staying on the island, “Ramo, for instance, brought news about Captain Orlov. “In the morning when he crawls out of his tent he sits on a rock and combs until the beard shines like a cormorant’s wing,” Ramo said.” (Page 10) This quote tells how Ramo likes to know what’s going on and that he probably likes to gossip. After Karana’s father had died, “It was not easy to look after Ramo, who was always into some mischief.” This quote shows that Ramo constantly got into trouble, and it was even harder to handle now that her father wasn’t there.
When the white men were leaving with the people of Ghalas-at away to a new home, Ramo had gone to get his fishing spear and missed the boarding of the ship. The white men wouldn’t go back for him so Karana jumped off the ship and swam back to the island to stay with him. Ramo was killed by wild dogs while they were staying on the island. “All night I sat there with the body of my brother and did not sleep. I vowed that someday I would go back and kill the wild dogs in the cave. I would kill all of them. I thought of how I would do it, but mostly I thought of Ramo, my brother.” This quote explains that Karana missed her brother and showed deep hatred towards the dogs; enough to kill them all and get her revenge on them.
Ramo is a round character because the reader gets to see the different sides of him throughout the chapters that he was in the book. He shows us how he could not defend himself against the wild dogs and had not been trained to be in this certain situation. He also shows that he loves Karana when he says he didn’t care if the white men never came back for them because he liked staying there with her. Ramo is also a static character because he did not change throughout the story. He will always be the Ramo he was; mischievous, curious, and full of wonder.