Have you ever told a secret that you were not suppose to say? In the novel Marino Mission, we met a girl named Alexa McCurry, who has an ordinary teenager’s life in upstate New York, until she embarks on a summer adventure in Central America. While working at a potentially boring internship in a marine DNA lab, she befriends a local boy, Jose, and a remarkable dolphin, Pecas. Together, Alexa, and Jose embark on a clandestine mission to find Pecas’ missing baby.The mission exudes secrecy because Alexa learned about the DNA analysis process for the wrong reason, Alexa found an article talking about the ways dolphins are used in the government, she is keeping it a secret from her own mother.
It is important to realize when Jannie told Alexa about the DNA analysis. In other words, last week, Alexa had gone back to the molecular biology lab with a newfound sense of purpose when she realized she had figured out a way to determine if Coco or one of the other captive dolphins at Puerto Marino was actually Pecas’ baby. She had burst back into the laboratory that fateful day to excitedly ask Janine a question: …show more content…
The article she was reading about “The Dolphins of War” was describing how the military purposefully uses dolphins as guards for naval installments, to locate underwater mines and enemy divers, and to carry out “kamikaze” missions to blow up enemy submarines, among other duties. Alexa didn't know dolphins were used in the military, which she shouldn't because it wasn't her business. She asked José “Do you think any of this is true?” (Pg 75)José answered with emotion in his voice, because he knew for a fact if he showed Alexa that article she was going to take action Immediately, which she did. Alexa thought the reason she’d seen military people at Puerto Marino, was because they were there to buy the dolphins. If only it was for a less illicit
It is important to realize when Jannie told Alexa about the DNA analysis. In other words, last week, Alexa had gone back to the molecular biology lab with a newfound sense of purpose when she realized she had figured out a way to determine if Coco or one of the other captive dolphins at Puerto Marino was actually Pecas’ baby. She had burst back into the laboratory that fateful day to excitedly ask Janine a question: …show more content…
The article she was reading about “The Dolphins of War” was describing how the military purposefully uses dolphins as guards for naval installments, to locate underwater mines and enemy divers, and to carry out “kamikaze” missions to blow up enemy submarines, among other duties. Alexa didn't know dolphins were used in the military, which she shouldn't because it wasn't her business. She asked José “Do you think any of this is true?” (Pg 75)José answered with emotion in his voice, because he knew for a fact if he showed Alexa that article she was going to take action Immediately, which she did. Alexa thought the reason she’d seen military people at Puerto Marino, was because they were there to buy the dolphins. If only it was for a less illicit