FREE ESSAY ON DOLPHINS OF PERN

DOLPHINS OF PERN

Book Report
Anne McCaffery created a great book series, The Dragon Riders of Pern, and the one I'm
reviewing is, The Dolphins of Pern, she made me think that I was on another planet trying
to become a Dolphineer. This 340 page, Sci-fi/Fantasy book has everything, adventure,
danger, surgery and dragons.
This book starts on the planet Pern, a land where Earth's descendants started to
colonize. Pern is a planet with dragons and dolphins and many other strange things. The
protagonist is a young boy named Readis, who wants to become a master fisherman like his
Uncle. The antagonist is, I think, the hardships he has to go through to reach his
dream.
One days Readis went out with his uncle to go fishing but got caught in a squall, and
their ship went under, but luckily some ship fish (dolphins) saved them and brought them
to shore, and started to talk. Readis' parent's wanted Readis to have nothing to do with
the dolphins and tried to make him forget, but Readis wouldn't and one day he went out
with the dolphins to swim, and got a thorn in his foot which crippled his leg. His
parents, especially his mom would never forgive the dolphins and forbid Readis from
seeing them, even though they tried to warn him about the thorn, which they discovered,
using a type of sonar.
Readis spent most of his time at school, which was a big honor (only a few people are
allowed to go to school). He makes some new friends at the school, like T'Lion the dragon
rider, and Avias, the computer from the past which the ancients used, but he still wanted
to learn more about the dolphins, so defying his parents he runs away to become a
Dolphineer. He finds a nice spot where the dolphins can swim into if they needed any help
or just wanted to play. Even with the dolphins, Readis wonders if his parents miss him at
all.
During a storm many dolphins are injured and Readis, is one of the few people who knows
how to sew dolphins back up. Because of his brave efforts the Tillek, which is kind of
like a king to the dolphins, comes and gives him his Dolphineer status with a big
coronation. All of his friends are there, and even his mom and dad.
A passage that really got to me was when Readis and his friend T'Lion had to sew up a
dolphin, because its intestines were falling out. 'Wait a minute. I'm looking... T'Lion
riffled through the pages of the boo, which he kept well above the water and any
splashes. Oooo! Ugh! He paused, lowering the book slightly to pear at something. Ah,
here. Human intestines. He bent down to peer at the injured [Dolphin]. I found this
passage to be very important, because this is where T' Lion and Readis discover that they
have what it takes to be a dolphineers. 
I chose this book because I have heard good things about the series of books and this was
one of the first one, so I decided to give it a try. I liked this book because it was
very interesting and had some pretty cool parts in it. It shows how different species can
live together in a society. This was a cool book because it mixed some Earth customs with
fantasy and it turned out wonderful.