The Caay Phillip Character Analysis

“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

sounds so frightening...suddenly,the tears came out .I knew it was not a manly thing to do,something my father would have frowned on,but i couldn't stop”(Taylor 65).Phillip is reflecting back on his first few days on the island.The reason phillip would be afraid would be because being in a place that you do not know is scary on its own but being in a place while losing your sight would be even more terrifying.And on top of that he could die on the island.

Near the end of The Cay phillip could be described as independent.”By the time i had carried ten or fifteen bundles of sea grapes to the fire,tumbling them in,I was sure that a column of black smoke was rising into the sky over the cay (Taylor 130).Phillip has built a signal fire when he hears a series of explosions.Phillip near the end of The Cay has become an independent person when he starts taking of himself and him lighting this signal fire is a perfect example because it shows him taking his survival in his own hands.

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

Roosevelt.