The Caay Phillip Character Analysis

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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”-Eleanor Roosevelt.The quote explains that you gain strength,courage and confidence through experience.In The Cay ,Phillips character reveals that life experiences shape and change your identity.Phillip can be described as innocent,afraid,and independent. Phillip in the beginning would be described as brave.”Then I began to wonder if the germans would send soldiers to.About nine-thirty I sneaked out of bed,went to the tool house,and took a hatchet out.I put it under the couch.It was the only thing i could think of to use for fighting the germans”(Taylor 19).Phillip taking the incentive to protect himself even though he is just a child shows his bravery. In the middle of The Cay phillip is afraid.”During those first few days on the island ,the times i spent alone were terrible,It was,of course being unable to see that made all the …show more content…

Throughout The Cay Phillip’s character shows that life experiences shape and change your identity.Phillip can be described as innocent,afraid,and independent.“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”-Eleanor

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