Have you ever wondered what it is like to survive on an island for months? The Cay is a book that is about survival, and it was published the year 1969. The author is Theodore Taylor and the book’s setting starts out in Willemstad on the island of Curacao and goes to a cay in the Devil’s Mouth, and at the end it also goes to New York. This entire book you may expect takes place during World War 2. Phillip is the main character, who is a 12 year old boy that later becomes blind. Timothy on the other
the book, The Cay by Theodore Taylor. The main character in this book, Phillip Enright, has to live through some pretty bad events, but ends up having some major character changes that help him get off the island. In The Cay Phillip’s character reveals that through many problems and events he developed independence, maturity, and determination. Phillip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive by himself on the cay after Timothy’s
People’s character changes over time from certain events in their life.In The Cay, by Theodore Taylor, Phillip is the main character, and faces many challenges throughout the novel. Phillip’s character reveals that through trial and tribulation, a once childish person can become caring, brave and independent. Phillip develops care after experiencing the realization that Timothy was making markers on the island for him, as evidenced in the novel when he begins to try and help Timothy everyday. In
"In Theodore Taylor’s The Cay (1969), Phillip Enright, a twelve-year-old boy who lives on the small Dutch island of Curacao, is shipwrecked with Timothy, an old black man, once the Germans have torpedoed their boat during World War II. Having been knocked unconscious, Phillip then wakes up in a raft with Timothy and Stew Cat, the cook’s cat that has survived the explosion. Phillip at first does not trust Timothy because of his own prejudice, but after he loses his eyesight, Philip realizes how dependent
What would you do if you were stranded on a raft with a complete stranger? Believe or not, Phillip and Timothy in the book The Cay were put in this situation regardless if they wanted to or not. In The Cay these two acquaintances try to find their way back to civilization after being in one precarious situation to the next. Phillip, who is the main character, changes his ways and views through the book thus making him a dynamic character. After leaving his homeland in VIrginia, Phillip is forced
The plot tells of a young boy named Phillip and an old black man named Timothy. Phillip and his mom are on a boat to the United States. Their family has always looked down on black people. Then during the night there was a rumble a Phillip fell of his bunk. A German sub-marine hit their boat. They got up put on their close and life jackets and got in the lifeboat. Then while the life boat was being launched it tipped and everyone fell in the water. Phillip was swimming frantically for his mother
The book The Cay is about a boy that was on a boat and the boat got shot by a missile. The boy was on the boat and didn't make it to a lifeboat and something hit him and he woke up on a island. On the island he seen a black man name timothy. Then the boy father went to war on a ship and the ship got hit by a missile. Then with Phillip and his mother on board the ship S S Hato sailing away from Curacao on their way to Virginia. Then the black man name timothy gaved the boy water to drink. Timothy
I have read three texts this year which share a common theme. In all the texts there is a group that experiences bad luck and develops their friendship. In the novel "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor has a main character who has bad luck. Phillip faces bad luck when his country was attacked by Germany and was forced to evacuate. Before they could even get on the ship it was blown up by a torpedo. Then Phillip and his mother were lowered into a lifeboat and were plunged by water "Crash, boom, smash!"
The Cay: Essay By: Alexxis Helton In “The Cay”, Phillip’s character reveals that through many different conflicts, he developed being frightened, overwhelmed, and in the end Phillip develops independence in the end. Phillip demonstrated being frightened after experiencing his ship blowing up and ending up being alone as evidence in the novel when he woke up after getting hit in the head to a random black man in the raft the him all by himself in the middle of the ocean.Phillip responded by being
Throughout the Cay Phillip’s character reveals many different character traits. During the time lost on the island Phillip changes into a more positive person. Before Timothy’s death Phillip was a negative person who did nothing. After Timothy died and Phillip was left alone he became positive and willing to do stuff.In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that through many conflicts, he developed independence, bravery, and hard work. Phillip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness
In The Cay Philip’s character reveals that through many conflicts, he developed independence, open-mindedness, and being able to work on his own. Philip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive after Timothy’s death. In the beginning of the novel, Philip demonstrates being helpless when he fell into the shark infested water, and Timothy had to risk his life in order to save him. In chapter 6, on page 53, he states in his mind, “I
In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals through many conflicts that he developed independence, confidence, and maturity. Before Phillip developed independence, Phillip was helpless at the beginning of the novel. This can be shown by Phillip not knowing how to do anything. (Taylor 59). “I knew how helpless I was without Timothy.” Phillip knew this while they were on the island, and he decided to owe it to him being blind because he didn’t know anything. Even if he was helpless at the beginning, Phillip
The novel The Cay has a main character named Phillip that gets stranded on an Island alone with an old man called Timothy. Through the experience that Phillip goes through, his character changes from a little brat to a mature adolescent. In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that through many conflicts, he developed gratefulness, love, and independence. One way that Phillip changed was when he demonstrated gratefulness after experiencing being stranded on an island as evidenced in the novel when
cultures, they gain an appreciation for their own. Novels such as The Cay by Theodore Taylor help children appreciate racial and cultural diversity, promote the understanding that members of the human family have more similarities than differences, while providing a gateway into man kind’s history. The Cay by Theodore Taylor is a survival novel published at Avon publishers in 1969. Taylor took only three weeks to complete The Cay despite the book’s realistic
The Cay Response to Literature Essay The Cay is a novel by Theodore Taylor in which the main character is presented with racial relations and the subject of war when World War II comes to his small island of Curacao. Being a boy of almost twelve, Phillip’s outlook on these subjects is greatly influenced by his parents and his ignorance of the realities. When the book first opens his perspective on the topics of racism and war are very different than the reality of things. In a way Phillip
The Cay is a novel by Theodore Taylor. The book’s plot revolves around a twelve-year-old boy, Phillip, who, although American-born, is living on the Caribbean isle of Curaçao due to his father’s job with an oil company. However, World War II is raging, and Phillip leaves the island aboard a steamer with his mother. The steamer is torpedoed by a Nazi German submarine, and Phillip is rescued by an elderly West Indian named Timothy, who pulls him aboard a life raft. The two float to a deserted cay
throughout life. Sometimes the challenges are overwhelming like war or nature. Other times challenges are caused by choices people make. Theodore Taylor’s The Cay is a story of how challenges, big and small, change people. The novel also reveals how the main characters appear to others as they cope with life’s difficulties. As the events of The Cay unfold, Phillip, the main character, matures as he encounters and overcomes the obstacles in his way. Phillip’s view of people and his environment evolve
terrible day that positively changed you in some way? Theodore Taylor’s The Cay demonstrates how Phillip Enright, the main character, changed positively throughout the book. In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that he develops independence, maturity, and kindness to other races through many conflicts. Phillip demonstrated independence after experiencing blindness, as evidenced in the novel, when he has to survive on the cay by himself after Timothy dies. At the beginning of the novel, Philip hits
an eleven-year-old boy who lives in the island of Curaçao with his family during 1942. After a shipwreck in the boat SS Hato he is separated from his family and is washed ashore on a cay with Timothy, and Stew the cat. While he is in the rescue raft he becomes blind due to an incident. After being rescued from the cay and he returns to Curaçao, then Phillip spends a lot of time talking to the black people of the island because Timothy was his friend and he felt close to him so therefore he talks to
Timothy of the Cay Timothy of the Cay, by Theodore Taylor, is a book containing two stories. One of the stories is about a 12-year-old blind boy named Phillip. His story is about making the decision to receive brain surgery for his eyes, so he can return to the cay to see Timothy’s grave. The second story is about an elderly black man named Timothy who wanted to become the captain of his own ship. In order to earn money, he must dig the Panama Canal and work as a deckhand on a ship. When Timothy