jesse giles phillip journey

The Cay is a book about heroism and overcoming prejudice. Phillip live in Wilastad witch is and island in the Caribana ocean. He lives with her farther and mother. His farther works for a oil refinery. The story takes place in the world war 2 time set. Phillips mother was vary scared for her son and farther live. His farther refused to go so she left him there. The were on there way to the united states when they bored the ss.Hato. the ship was torpedoed. The last thing Philip remember is that the ship was it. Then he blacked out. He woke up and was on a raft with a black man and a cat her rembers the cat from the the ship but not the the black man. The black man name is Timothy. By his acsent Phillip could tell that he was from the virgin islands or some place like that.the cats names was stew cat timothy thought the cat brought bad luck. But killing a cat is more bad luck. he asked timothy how he got on the ship. Timothy said you were hit in the head by something. And I saved you. Phillip thought to himself where is my mother. But he had no way to find out. Phillip was really to fond of black people. Because of his mother she did not enforce it but she did let it be known that she did not like them. So he was scared on the island they stayed on there side. I few days after being on the raft they seen an island and they bored it. Some time after being on the island Phillip went blind. Phillip has a conflict with timothy. He called him a black man who couldent spell. And timothy could not spell. Timothy start showing phillip how to be independent just in case he does not survive to watch out for him. He shows him a fishing hole. And put the fishing poles in a spot he will always know where there at. One day a storm hits and it’s a bad one to it has fast winds and when the storm was over phillip was calling timothy and there was no answer so he felt every where. He found him lying down and he wasen’t breathing timothy died that day and left phillip by him self. He was smart for showing him how to fen for him self . one day he goes fishing and he catches 2 longosta he goes down a 3rd time and he got bit by a a elli he think but he was blind so it could have been anything. Later that night phillip hears a plane aproching him so he get this plant that make black smoke he can hear the plane getting closer and closer then it goes over his head. He was sad that the plane did not turn around so he goes to sleep thinking he will be on this island forever. The next morning. He can hear the horn of a bout getting closer and a man yells it’s a naked boy. Sence storm wiped off all his clothes. He did not know who the peqple were but the man who helped him to the bout said we found a boy sergeant.so its was some kind of milatry. They took him to the clinic on the bout first thing. He lost his sifgr doe to brain damage from when he got hit his head.they fixed his sight but he had to where glasses for the rest of his life.his mom went back to the island and was reunited with her son. Phillip felt different about black people. He never hanged out with the same kids he did when he left the island he made friends with that black people and asked them if they know timothy and some of them did. He became vary good friends with the black people.