In chapter one of The Cay, we meet Philip Enright, a young American boy who is living in the Dutch West Indies with his parents. World War 2 has started and caused destruction with their horrifying U-boats. They had moved to the Caribbeans because their dad worked for an oil refinery, but his mom was bitter about it. Philip snuck out after his mom told him not to, to take a look at the fort with his Dutch friend, Henrik. They experienced the reality of the war, since there were soldiers lined up against the fort to protect against the German U-boats, which frightened them. They rushed home, not wanting to experience the reality of it all.The Caribbeans had no weapons to fight back against the Germans. Philip goes back to thinking about Virginia,
