In The Cay Philips’s character reveals throughout many conflicts he developed Kindness,Independence, and Strength. Philip demonstrates kindness after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he learns that he he is now dependant on Timothy and becomes more of a friend to Timothy.
In the beginning of The Cay Philip is racist, when he first sees Timothy after waking up on the raft he describes him as ugly and black. In the novel Philip says “We talked for a long time when the rain began to slack off. Timothy asked about my mother and father.I told him all about them and how we lived in Scharloo.” (Ch 10 pp75). Philip is telling Timothy things from his life because Philip is not only dependant on Timothy but is fond …show more content…
Before Timothy and Philip found the cay and a little while when they were on the cay Philip was depending on Timothy to help survive after becoming blind. Timothy taught Philip lessons so he could survive in case something happened. In the novel Philip states “I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy's knife.” (Ch14 pp 116-117)Philip has taken Timothy’s advice and used his lessons. He learns how to re-build his hut make new sleeping mats and get food by fishing and makes black smoke with grapevine so he will get rescued. Lastly Philip demonstrates strength after experiencing the results of the hurricane
As evidenced in the novel when he was not only hurt from the rain but also Timothy’s passing. Philip was also blind and he was used to Timothy helping him. After the hurricane he had many things to do and even though he was hurting, he had the strength to push through. In the beginning of the novel Philip was weak, he would use his blindness as an excuse to say he couldn’t do anything. When Timothy tried to get him to do something Philip would yell at Timothy saying things like can’t you see I’m blind!, after Timothy’s death, Philip had to put aside his doubts and learn that he was capable of doing
In the beginning of The Cay Philip is racist, when he first sees Timothy after waking up on the raft he describes him as ugly and black. In the novel Philip says “We talked for a long time when the rain began to slack off. Timothy asked about my mother and father.I told him all about them and how we lived in Scharloo.” (Ch 10 pp75). Philip is telling Timothy things from his life because Philip is not only dependant on Timothy but is fond …show more content…
Before Timothy and Philip found the cay and a little while when they were on the cay Philip was depending on Timothy to help survive after becoming blind. Timothy taught Philip lessons so he could survive in case something happened. In the novel Philip states “I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy's knife.” (Ch14 pp 116-117)Philip has taken Timothy’s advice and used his lessons. He learns how to re-build his hut make new sleeping mats and get food by fishing and makes black smoke with grapevine so he will get rescued. Lastly Philip demonstrates strength after experiencing the results of the hurricane
As evidenced in the novel when he was not only hurt from the rain but also Timothy’s passing. Philip was also blind and he was used to Timothy helping him. After the hurricane he had many things to do and even though he was hurting, he had the strength to push through. In the beginning of the novel Philip was weak, he would use his blindness as an excuse to say he couldn’t do anything. When Timothy tried to get him to do something Philip would yell at Timothy saying things like can’t you see I’m blind!, after Timothy’s death, Philip had to put aside his doubts and learn that he was capable of doing