Creative Writing: Blood Brothers

Philip has a cocky attitude

“During those first few days on the island, the times I spent alone were terrible. It was, of course being unable to see that made all the sounds so frightening… Suddenly the tears came out. I knew it was not a manly thing to do, something my father would have frowned on, but I couldn’t stop.” (65) In the climax, Phillip was thrown off a ship after it had been torpedoed by German Submarines and is stranded on a remote cay with a West Indian man named Timothy. When his ship was hit, it made him blind due to the injuries and is now afraid because of his lack of knowledge of his surroundings.

When I was foolish enough to take you, I did it on the strength of your connexions, but your connexions have done nothing for me,” (Riddell, 56). Later on, as the challenge with the door became progressively worse, the reader begins to see Phil in a new light. The author demonstrates the character’s will to get the job done and the cleverness of his various tactics. Another aspect brought to light is Phil’s bravery involved after being poisoned. He did not go home or quit; instead, he marched straight back to the house and stayed there. Finally, he overcame odds when facing a terrifyingly odd figure who shot him in the shoulder. By the end, he becomes a successful farmer and happily married.

"Phillip is there in the room and he goes to hurt my youngest daughter, so I jump at him and knock him down and put my hands around his throat. I’m choking him. I press and press harder, and then he dies, and I wake up."

Philip demonstrated independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he could survive and do regular things on the cay after Timothy died. When Philip went blind he was at first very angry and all seemed lost as evidenced here “I screamed I’m blind, I’m blind” (Taylor 45). As you can tell Philip was very angry and mad he had gone blind and he will have to learn to do regular things all over because he’s blind. Philip was also acting very stubborn, but the trait is evolving. Timothy was trying to get Philip to weave mats and Philip snapped, “You ugly black man! I won't do it! You’re stupid, you cant even spell” (Taylor 71). After this

Phillip demonstrated independence after experiencing the hardships of blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive on the cay after Timothy’s death. At the beginning of the book after becoming blind Phillip acts almost completely helpless. In the passage it states, “In wild excitement, I stumbled up and fell overboard. I went

Responsibility is a big deal in this book. Philip could have avoided the media and the nation if he took responsibility for his actions. Philip started humming the national anthem during morning announcements. Everyday they say “Please all rise and stand a respectful, silent attention for the playing of our national anthem.” This has been routine for years.

Phillip is lying to everyone. His parents, friends, and coach. He is trying to make Mrs. Narwin look like the bad guy. Is she the bad guy? The principal told everyone

At the beginning of the novel Phillip can best be described as innocent. When Phillip was packing his bags in order to embark on a voyage to Northfolk, he stated, “So I packed, with her help, and said good-by to Henrik van Boven and the other boys, I told them we’d be gone just a short

Phillip demonstrated control after experiencing a plane missing him as evidenced in the novel when he was able to solve a problem that let the plane see him. In the beginning Phillip was not able to control his feelings and was careless. Evidence to support how he was careless was when he stumbled into the water in excitement on page-52. This supports the assertion since it shows he was not able to control his excitement before he had developed control later in the story. In the middle of the story Phillip was able to put his racism that his mother had taught him behind him after talking with Timothy. This is supported with the quote “I moved close to Timothy’s big body before I went to sleep. I remember smiling in the darkness. He felt neither white nor black.”(page-76) This supports the assertion

Phillip demonstrates bravery after experiencing Timothy’s death as evidenced in the novel when he began surviving by himself on the cay.

Phillip had been hit on the head, was knocked out, was blinded by it then he woke up on a raft with an elder african american man named timothy (who Phillip develops a friendship with) and a cat named stew cat. “After a moment, lying there in darkness hearing the creak of the raft and feeling its motion it all hit me. I was blind and we were lost at sea. I began to crawl, screaming for my mother and father……(Taylor 46) Phillip shows he is afraid by screaming wildly for his mom and dad.This is significant because Phillip is alone with a man he doesn't know and a cat with no parental figure,

Goodman shows that while all of Phil’s children tried to reach out his youngest had hoped that he would be able to complete the job, but he fails and states that “My father and I only board here.” This was true because of the pull that corporate had on his father. The ones that cared about Phil the most were pushed away such as his children and wife, while the company who so called “cared for him” was so near and dear to his heart, when all they wanted to reap the benefits of his Type A

head up.” The Senior Master Sergeant ordered. “Bell you lead the way. Wo you bring up the rear.”

I like the fact that he was able to get the promise of unlimited stone and lumber for his new cathedral. Getting both of these two resources for free was absolutely crucial to the success of his building project. I do not like the enemy that he made in the process of attaining those supplies. This quote clearly represents the attitude of Philips new adversary, Waleran, “I swear by all that’s holy, you’ll never build your church” (Follett 331). It is quite unfortunate that he made Waleran his enemy, because Waleran was the bishop of the territory that Philip was a part of, so this may hurt him and his church in the future. While he did get what he wanted and needed from the deal, he was double-crossed when the Hemleighs, the people he did the deal with, wanted more. Instead of him owning the land that the monastery gets their resources from, the other people own the land and the monastery can take as much resources as they want from it. He was required to agree to this deal due to the circumstances; however, I would have tried harder to prevent this type of duplicity from occurring. Philip needed to get the resources to build his cathedral, but in the process of attaining them, he made an important enemy and did not get fully what he