Robert Frost's The Cay

In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that through many conflict he developed independence, coexistence, and bravery.

So I decided to write an explication essay on the poem “The Road Not Taken”. The poem is by Robert Frost and it tells the story about a man who is thinking about something he had done before. Even though what he did wasn’t looked as being good or bad, it was indicated the decision he made had an outcome that caused a shift in his life.

In The Cay by Theodore Taylor, Philips character reveals that through many conflicts he developed bravery,independence, and courage. Philip develops many traits in The Cay. He didn’t have them at first though. Life put him through challenges so he could get these wonderful traits.

In the book “The Cay” by Theodore Taylor, the main character Philip is undergoing many changes throughout the novel. In the cay Philip's character reveals that throughout many conflicts he developed, independence, maturity, and relief.

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.

In “The Cay”, Phillip gets separated from his family, gets stranded on a deserted Island, and loses his sight. These events change Phillip’s life forever and cause an inner transformation in him. Through his inner transformation, Phillip learns to let go of racist beliefs, survive while being blind, and becomes a more mature individual.

One of the main conflicts in the story was that Phillip became blind which caused survival to be challenging. When Phillip became blind, he had to learn the skills to last on the island. If he would not have been blind, then the struggles would have changed drastically. Finding food and fresh water would have been less complicated. When the hurricane hit the cay, it caused critical damage to their shelter and killed Timothy. Timothy was so exhausted after the storm that he collapsed and passed away. This devastated Phillip and he realized that he would be on his own. Everything Timothy taught him came in handy. The problems of this story formed lots of suspense to keep readers

In the middle Phillip becomes brave because he goes out into the reef and try’s to go fishing and he becomes successful “Squirming and jumping in my hand it was small but fat.When i went fishing before it was fun now i feel i had done something very special”

Have you ever gone through a tough time and come out a changed person? If so then you would be a lot like Phillip in The Cay by Theodore Taylor. In The Cay, Phillip ’s character reveals that through many conflicts, Phillip developed independance, calmness, and bravery. Phillip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when Phillip was able to survive by himself on the cay after Timothy’s death. In the beginning of the novel Phillip is very stubborn when first becomes blind. A good example of his stubbornness is when Phillip tries to weave the palm mats. “I tried again, but it didn’t work.” “I stood up, threw the palm fibers at him, and screamed, “You ugly black man!” In this part of the passage Phillip is stubborn

In many great books the characters will face a conflict if not multiple conflicts that will test the characters behaviors and actions and throughout the book these conflicts can change how the character or characters act. The book The Cay by Theodore Taylor is no exception to this. In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that because of many hardships he developed independence, bravery, and cleverness.

The reason why "The Cay" is my favorite book is because I enjoy survival themed things. For example I love to fish and learn about things that would increase my likelihood of surviving on a deserted island. Timothy towards the middle of the book gets sick and Philip doesn't know what's wrong with him and so he figures out that he is sick and is having hallucinations and Philip is trying to help by giving him fresh water and food and he found a cave in which Timothy can sleep and this shows that they both need each other to survive and that Timothy is not supporting the both of them. Timothy taught Philip how to fish and collect water and how to start a fire and how to climb a coconut tree to get coconut milk and water.

This shows that Phillip is independent because he is able to learn and thrive on the cay without Timothy’s help or guidance. This is significant because it shows how Phillip learned how to adapt to his environment by gaining skills and having a positive attitude set towards survival. Phillip learned how to gain new skills and become independent in order to overcome the challenges and obstacles he faced in order to survive on the

Phillip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive alone on the cay. At the beginning of the novel, Phillip responds with fright when he was alone and couldn’t see what was around him. In the text Phillip stated, “...the

Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler facing a choice, he can either choose the road not taken, or he can choose the road most traveled by. He does not know where either road might lead, but in order to continue with his journey, he can pick only one road. He analyses both roads for the possibilities of where each may take him in his journey. Frost's traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless of his choice, he knows that he will miss the experiences he might have encountered on the road not taken. Frost, uses literary elements, such as Denotation and Connotation, Symbolism, alliteration, consonance, and assonance in order to convey massage.

Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost influenced my thorough love of different styles of literature, particularly poetry. To the masses, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost only share job titles, but the two poets share many similarities within their writing. Personally, I read pieces from both authors over the course of my schooling experience. I admired Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken” from a young age, and that particular stole my heart since the first read. “The Raven,” became one of my favorite poems further down my schooling career, with its clear ominous tone that symbolizes much of Poe’s writing. Frost’s and Poe’s works may not seem similar, aside from the section in which their books reside within a library, but their work resembles each other’s quite well. Frost’s writing serves as a better introduction to poetry due to his easily relatable themes, his background connects to everyday audiences, and his use of modern language.