Mila

====I like the idea of having a page about our main character. She is a complex character. It is interesting that she can so easily acquire human language, yet she longs for the language and love of her dolphin family. I think she is such an interesting character. She helps me to understand how important relationships are to growth - Mila establishes relationships with Sandy, Justin, and even Dr. Beck - but she continues to seek her dolphin relationships...what do you think about that?====

Adam 6-24-10: Well, what I can say is that I just got a great idea for my next peice of writing: the continuation of __The Music of Dolphins.__ There is so many mysteries in the book about Mila that we never found out the reasons to. The new stories will answer all of those.


 * Karen Hesse describes Mila in interesting ways. She does leave a lot to the reader's imagination. Do you think that good writers do that purposefully? I am very anxious to read Adam's sequels and see what his perspectives are and how he develops the character of Mila. Here are some of my favorite early quotes about Mila and her entry into the human world.
 * 1) ** p. 29 ** "Doctor Beck and Sandy think I am a stupid fish. Sandy says, No one thinks you are a stupid fish. This is how humans learn. By using words again and again. "
 * 2) ** p. 50 ** "The man of the government is watching me. He says, Mila is making good progress. Making progress is when I talk words. Making progress is when I write on the computer. Making progress is when I wear clothes. Making progress is when I sleep in a bed and eat the dead fish."
 * 3) ** p. 52 ** "Sandy gives a miracle to me today. The miracle is music. Music is many things to hear, like in the sea. The music is made by a man named Winter. I listen to the music. It is little sounds and little sounds together to make something so big. It is a bird singing and a whale singing and a people singing. It is so many sounds I cannot name. To hear it, it makes a little crying in my eyes."
 * These quotes make me wonder about the human world vs. the dolphin world. They help me to understand Mila's point of view. The last one about music reminds me that music is a language, too. It is one that is universal. For example, even if you don't understand English, you can understand music.

Saumya Amanchi

Mila can talk dolphin the same way that I can talk Indian languages. It is normal because It was hard for me to learn English when I was little just like Mila.