The Cay Summary

Over the summer I had the pleasure to read “The Cay” by Theodore Taylor. “The Cay” is about the a young boy by the name of Phillip Enright who live life back at Willemstad. Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao. He lived life spoiled and carefree. He never had to fend for himself. That all change when World War 2 breaks out when he is at the age of 11. German Submarines soon came towards them more frequently and his mother finally had enough and took him on the S.S Hato which took them to Virginia. While the mother tried to save her child from the dangers of World War 2, the ship ultimately got knocked out and made Phillip Passout. He later wakes up in a raft and was greeted by a Negro man by the name of Timothy. On the man made raft, there is a cat named Stew Cat, this cat soon give Phillip comfort.As he gathers his senses,he realized he is
While Timothy told Phillip not to look directly at the sun, he refused to listen and looked anyway. This made him go blind until he went back to his home, but he still needed to wear glasses. They soon find an island and make a hut as their temporary home. Within one month, they managed to survive on Langostas, fish, coconut, and various other food found on the island. In the months these two spent together, they formed a strong friendship, even though they might get hot with each other. Phillip also learned to ignore the fact that Timothy is black and he is white. He now forgets all the bad things his mother had said about black people. Soon,even when he is blind he learns how to navigate the island all by himself. Although Timothy could say that Phillip was ready to be on his own, but no one was prepared for the death of Timothy that was caused by the hurricane. After Phillip stops mourning over the death of his friend, he cleans the island a bit and manages to survive on his own for the next five days. There were many times when he could hear a engine sound coming from above, but he could not get them to save