The Cay Movie Vs Book

I much preferred the movie version to the novel. For me, author William Kennedy’s style of writing is needlessly vague and difficult to follow, yet he did a wonderful job adapting

Both share the same plot, and there are very little differences between the two. These are a few of the differences that I was able to notice between the book and the movie. There are several others throughout the story, but they are all just as minute and in the end they have no effect on the outcome of the story. Overall, I was very impressed with the movie and it was very true to the book. I have seen my share of movies that were adaptations from books that did not do the book justice, but this one is almost exactly like the book, so it was very

Near the beginning of the novel Phillip demonstrates fear. “The bow tilted downward, and the next thing I knew we were all in the water. I saw my mother near and yelled to her. Then something hit me from above.”(Taylor, pg 30) Phillip is fearful because he is being thrown about, went under water, and screamed for his mother. Around the middle of the novel Phillip is still developing bravery. “I took a deep breath and said to myself, If you fall, you’ll fall in sand. Then I started climbing again.”(Taylor, pg 99) Phillip decides to go back up the palm to get coconuts even though they are high up. Around the end of the novel- after Timothy is dead -Phillip has fully developed bravery. “I dived again, and this time found what seemed to be an opening into a deep hole. Or at least, the hole went far back. There has to be a big lobster in the, I thought. Up I came again, filled my lungs, and dived immediately. I ran my hand back into the hole, and something grabbed it.”(Taylor, pg 123) Here Phillip discovers an unknown hole and feels brave enough to check it out. This is why I think that Philip has developed

Sir Philip appears to be completely devoid not only of puritanical principles, but also Christian principles. When his ploy to free Magawisca in order to be liberated from Rosa is devastated, getting attacked by the prisoner, Morton, and then being rescued by Magawisca and the jailer, Barnaby Tuttle, Sir Philip becomes painfully aware of his falsity. He realizes, by comparing himself to Barnaby, that "genuine goodness ... rings true at every trial; while hypocrisy, though it show a face fair and bright, yet, like a new false coin, betrays at every scratch the base metal" (261). While the goodness of people such as Barnaby, Magawisca, and Hope will remain unfailing

At the beginning of this book Phillip is scared and frightened by almost every sound or little thing he hears on the cay. As evidenced in the novel, “During those first few days on the island, the times I spent alone were terrible. It was of course not being able to see that made all the sounds so frightening.”(Taylor 65). During the first few days on the island and after becoming blind almost every sound scares and be starts acting very paranoid. Then by around the middle of the story Phillip talks about how since being blind his hearing has gotten remarkably better and he can identify stuff better now just by the sound. Due to this he’s become more brave and scared be less things, but he is still not completely brave alone on the island. This is supported in the story when it says, “I went up about ten feet and froze. I could not move up or down. My legs and arms were rigid. Timothy standing below to catch me if I fell, called up softly, Phill-eep, ‘tis no shame to ease your own self downg to d’san.”(Taylor 98). At this point he has become much more brave since they got to the island, but he still gets scared by a lot. This demonstrates that he was still too frightened to climb up the palm tree and get the coconuts. By the end of the story Phillip demonstrates being much more brave than when first arriving at the island. This demonstrated well by this evidence “This time, I dived in earnest. I went straight down, touched the bottom, and then took a few strokes toward the coral sides of the pool. Timothy had said that langosta were always at the bottom, usually over against the rocks and the coral. To my amazement, I touched one on the first sweep and drove the sharp stick into him, swimming quickly to the surface.”(Taylor 122). So, by the end Phillip is way

After the Hato was destroyed, Phillip woke up on a raft and saw Timothy, a black West Indian. Phillip describes Timothy on page 23 as, “He was ugly. His nose was flat and his face was broad; his head was a mass of wiry gray hair.” At first Phillip didn’t trust Timothy because of his racist beliefs. Phillip probably acquired these racist ideas from his mom who disliked black people. On page 67, Phillip fought with Timothy but then he realized that Timothy was trying to help him and they should be friends. Phillip finally realizes that everyone is equal and says on page 97, “I remember that ugly welted face. But now, in my memory, it did not seem ugly at all. It seemed only kind and strong.” This marks Phillips transformation from a racists to a tolerant person.

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.

In the beginning of the book, Phillip did not have to be independent. He relied on his mother and father for most everything. He did not have to worry about getting food or clothes, his parents did it all for him. In the text it states, “We finished dinner just as it was getting dark, and my father went outside to look at our house.” (Taylor 18) This shows that Phillip had a roof over his head, and food to eat. Towards the middle of the book Phillip starts to grow independent. Timothy can’t stay with him every minute of the day, because he has jobs he needs to accomplish. So, Phillip has to start being more independent. In the text it states, “Slowly I was beginning to know the island, By myself, keeping my feet in the damp sand, which meant I was near the water, I walked the whole way around it.” (Taylor 79) This shows that Phillip began to become more independent. Even though his independence, is growing he really had to become independent when Timothy died, toward the end of the book. Timothy used to be able to get food for him, but now Phillip had to catch the food. Also, during the storm the hut was destroyed, so Phillip had to rebuild it. In the text it states,” I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy’s knife by honing it on coral” (Taylor, 116&117). This shows that

In the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor, it all starts off when Phillip's mother wants to leave Curacao. The reason why they are there in the first place is because Phillip ’s father works at an oil refinery at there hometown Virginia, and because the world war two is going on they asked him to work at Curacao. Phillips mother wants to leave because she feels that it is unsafe on the island so, they finally leave on a ship called the SS Hato. Two days after departure they get torpedoed and Phillip is hit on the head while being evacuated from the ship. Phillip is then stuck on a raft with an ugly black person in the middle of the sea. They eventually find a little cay and decided to live on it. After many days of being on the island a storm hits, causing them to lose everything. During the storm Timothy (the ugly black man) protects Phillip and he ends us dying. Phillip

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” This is my favorite quote from the popular book written by Galye Foreman in 2009, and then later created into a movie in 2014 called if I stay. The story about Mia, the 17 year old high school student who plays the cello and is totally obsessed with classical music. After a tragic car accident, she gets the rare opportunity to reflect on her entire life. Mia begins to have an out-of-body experience where she becomes separated from her body and is conscious to hear and see everything going on around her. As each event unfolds, Mia reflects on the past’s years with her family. Eventually, Mia’s projected body grows weary and she knows it’s time to make a decision. Return to her body and fight, or let herself slip away

First, the novel includes details that the movie doesn’t include, resulting in a shorter time span in which the movie is presented. If one had a short attention span the movie has more of an advantage over the book, but many people like to enjoy books in a comfortable spot and receive all the details of the story. The movie excludes certain parts of the story, changing the story altogether. The novel contains a complete story and does not include extra scenes that were never told in the story about what the author wrote. Excluding certain parts of the story leads to missing

You will also find that the movie is preferred because of the use of details and display of emotion. There are numerous differences in the plot along with similarities in the plot. The movie and the book have various similarities, although the difference will show how the movie is greater. For example, in both the book and the movie Davie’s father died. However, in the movie his father was hit by a

Reason is the details were there to explain which scene or event was important to be on a page. For example Johnny being scared of the socs. In the book it explained that Johnny was beat down nearly to death but the in the movie nothing is mention. As well pony got beat down to the ground and same result with the film. There are many differences to the film and one of them is Pony steps out at the beginning but film shows Ponyboy writing the story.

1a. The Empire Tern exploding is important because it makes up Phillip’s mother’s (Grace) mind to return to the United States. This event affects the characters because when Phillip and his mother leave Curaçao, they get torpedoed, and that is when Phillip meets Timothy on the raft, starting the adventure. Plus, before this event, Phillip was terribly excited about war, but the Empire Tern exploding changes his mind: "I was no longer excited about the war; I had begun to understand that it meant death and destruction." This tells you that Phillip’s mother is nervous.

Throughout the novel, Phillip is played as the antagonist who creates conflict between himself and everyone within the group. Our aversion for him is seen as though he is the