![]() Eventually they both develop a strong bond of friendship by the end of the novel, as Timothy takes care of Phillip and teaches him to survive independently, to the point where Phillip can survive on his own.Īirplanes fly over the cay, but they do not see Timothy and Phillip, lengthening their time stranded there. Initially, the pair are challenged to communicate as they came from different experiences. The cay is only one mile long and half a mile in width. With few supplies, they live alone together for two months, fishing and collecting rain water. They soon find an island in Devil's Mouth and build a hut while keeping track of the days by putting pebbles in a can. Drifting at sea, Phillip is blinded, and Timothy suggests it is because Phillip stared at the sun for too long. The ship is torpedoed, and Phillip is stranded in the sea with an old black man named Timothy and a cat named Stew Cat. Hato to Virginia, because his mother feels it is unsafe to stay in Curaçao with the German submarines surrounding the area. ![]() When World War II breaks out, 11-year-old Phillip Enright and his mother board the S.S. ![]() ![]() The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Taylor took only three weeks to write The Cay, having contemplated the story for over a decade after reading about an 11-year-old who was aboard the Dutch ship Hato, when it was torpedoed in 1942, and who was last seen by other stranded survivors as he drifted away on a liferaft. The Cay is a teen novel written by Theodore Taylor. ![]()
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