Quote Of Vengeance Depicted In Timothy's The Cay

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The Cay is about a boy named Phillip and an West Indies man which is named Timothy .
There boat got torpedoed and they both got stranded on the Cay . Phillip would not survive without Timothy because Timothy taught him how to survive . Timothy trained him to feel and know what's on the island . Timothy also taught him that no matter what color is the skin there are all the same . He is proud that Timothy instructed him plenty of survival skills after his death. Timothy prepared him to feel and know what is on the island and the reef . Timothy built a vine-rope. Another quote good quote that verifies this is on page 88 paragraph 6. “I was also sure that my guide vine rope leading down to the beach had been snapped and tangle by the storm.

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