Simple

• The chief of Karana's village.
• the Girl with the Long Black Hair.
• The first human contact.
• The Aleuts make to leave.
• The storm has grown strong

Compound

• He is confident and proud of himself.
• Aleuts will surely leave soon, and that the otter will afterwards return.
• leaving the chest and a few of the remaining otter pelts on the beach.
• he must have gotten up early to go for the canoe, and goes to the beach to wait for him.
• She makes a small spear and a bow and arrows from wood she gathers about the island.

Complex

• When the first storm of winter comes, she knows that no ship will come until spring
• When the storm ends, she goes to the place by the cliff where her people left their canoes.
• She adjusts her heading, now using the sun to direct her.
• Looking out over the island, she is filled with happiness.
• She begins to plan her new home, deciding that the first thing she needs is a fence to protect her food supply.