Curacao Accidents

In the novel The Cay about WWII, there are many hard things to deal with, one of which is a lost boy who experiences changes through obstacles bigger than most people will ever face. The war scares Phillip’s mother bringing him onto a ship on the way to Maryland, but as the trip enters day one, the ship is sunk, and Phillip is stranded with Timothy. Phillip and Timothy find an island that helps them survive. In the beginning of The Cay, Phillip is innocent, but through obstacles in the book he becomes afraid, and in the end he grows independent.

One account of this day comes from the view of a refugee fleeing South Vietnam, Ha, while the other is from the rescuers, the American sailors. Despite their differing narratives, both show the panic, chaos, and devastation that occurred on that day in

Phil changes after convincing Rita that he is reliving the same day and she tells him to make the most of it. He starts allowing reason and character to weigh in on his appetites, thus following the path to Ultimate Happiness. By listening to these sides of his soul, Phil begins to show both Moral and Intellectual virtues. His moral virtue increases as he begins helping the townspeople including: a boy falling from a tree, old ladies with a flat tire, a homeless man, and a man who is choking. Intellectually, Phil pursues the piano and masters French along with French poetry, allowing him to prosper in a rational sense. All of these examples show how Phil begins to live a virtuous

Phillip demonstrated independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive by himself on the cay after Timothy’s death. In the beginning he was dependent on Timothy especially once he became blind.”I stumbled off the raft. I know how to swim, but I didn’t know where to go .”(Taylor, pg 52-53) The evidence supports the context by saying that when Phillip got too excited and he fell off the raft and since he was blind he didn’t know where to go. Without Timothy helping him he would’ve died. Around the middle of the book Phillip is still developing independence, needing Timothy less.

Vietnam. The story is told from the perspective of Richie Perry, a young soldier from Harlem.

As Tim’s hard work, he and his mother receive heartbreaking news that his father had died on a British prison ship (Collier, 1974). The news of his father never coming back made Tim’s coming of age even more serious (Collier, 1974). The countries coming of age continued as Tim and Susannah Meeker found out when Sam came home from the war with his clothes were all ripped, and he talked of both of the sides of the war were short of clothing and hungry (Collier, 1974). When they took an innocent boy Jerry Sanford Tim’s best friend to die on a prison ship was another sign of the countries coming of age. After they boy died all they did to bury him was throw him overboard into the ocean (Collier,

Back on April 6, 1942, when the small dutch freighter ship called the S.S. Hato was torpedo, two people a man a boy (Man: Timothy; Boy: Phillip Enright)

He had to dive for them, but I caught all the fish.”(Ch. 13 pg.96) Phillip is becoming more independent; he can now provide fish for himself as opposed to Timothy gathering food for him. He has fully developed his independence after the hurricane as shown when, in chapter 16, he states that he had,”...taught myself to tell time…” And when he said to Sew Cat that he didn’t,”...know how we’ll get all done.” And followed by saying that,”... something told me I must stay busy and not think about myself.” The fact that he had taught himself to tell time shows that he is independent. He knew how to tell what time of day it was while he was blind. He is taking care of himself, but he is also taking care of Stew Cat at the same time. So, as the book clearly shows, Phillip goes from being needy and reliant on Timothy to being able to take care of himself and another

This story takes place during World War II on a deserted island. After a plane, transporting about a dozen young boys, gets shot down, they are trapped on an island without any adults.

Louie Zamperini floated on the ocean for 47 days, and was held prisoner in Japanese POW camps for 2 years. When Louie was a child he was very rebellious. The more Louie grew the more trouble he got in. One day when Louie was running from a teacher his brother, Pete, noticed how fast Louie was. Pete helped Louie become a runner, where Louie would go to the Olympics. Louie could run 2 miles in just over 4 minutes but one day Louie was drafted and had to go to Hawaii where Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, starting WWII. On a fateful day, Louie’s plane crashed leaving him stranded in the ocean with two other men, Mac and Phil, but sadly, one had died, Mac. Louie and Phil were rescued 47 days later, but by the wrong country. Japan took them

Ocean in 1954,in the wake of a brutal war called world war II.The Lord of the flies was an article about

When Phillip is first introduced to the audience, he is an innocent eleven year old, who acts like a brat. He is rude to his mother, tells her he hates her, describes his best friend as “annoying”, and doesn’t appreciate anything. His neediness and stubbornness demonstrate his child-like personality. Phillip thinks that war is a game and an exciting time for him to see German ships. As he and his mother are fleeing to America, their ship is hit by a German torpedo.

When the plane crashed two boys took control and became the leaders of the situation. The two were named Canessa and Zerbino. They were third year medical students. They both scattered around the plane helping as many people as they could. They were petrified and in shock themselves,

the story to describe these kids and one of the ways he does this is through the theme war leads to destruction showing the true inner evil even in the most innocent things in life.He uses the idea of war as his main plot point and the perfect medium to connect the crashing of the plane to being rescued by a naval officer. When the boys crash on the island due to being attacked, they were ironically rescued by a naval officer preparing to go back

Many battles have been fought throughout American history, but what was just beyond the horizon was a war that would forever be remembered in every nation. The story The Cay takes place in Willemstad a town on the island of Curaçao during a time in which the world was at war not only for its first time but it was in the middle of its second war. The Cay, which was written by Theodore Taylor, focuses on Phillip who lives with his mother and his father. Phillip and his family had originally lived in Virginia where they had lived normal lives, but once World War II began Phillip’s father was told that he was needed in Willemstad to help with the war effort. At the age of seven Phillip and his parents moved to Willemstad where they could see that life was going to be different. After a while Phillip’s mother decides that it isn't safe enough for them to live there with the constant threat of the Germans, so Phillip and his mom board the Hato to go back home. However, on their way back home a German U-boat bombed the ship. During the commotion Phillip got hit in the head and he blacks out and when he woke up he was in a raft with a black man whose name turns out to be Timothy while on that raft Phillip goes blind. Timothy and Phillip end up landing on a Cay where their lives are put in peril every day. All throughout this story there is a constant message of how blind people were and how the skin of a person doesn't matter, rather it's what is inside that matters.