Differences And Hatred In Virginia Woolf's The Cay

In the beginning of the novel,The Cay, there is much confusion and hatred. Timothy's race prevents Phillip from trusting him to the point where he could barely talk to him. He would beat Timothy and call him names while Timothy was very quiet and he would do what he had to do. Phillip wasn't the only one influenced be his childhood. In the time that the book takes place black people were working under white people, because of this Timothy would call Phillip "boss" or not address him by his name. As you can tell they were not very found of each other.

This relationship is obviously of to a horrible start, but as Phillip starts to realize Timothy may be his only hope to survive he starts to open his heart and mind. At this point in the