The Cay

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Summary: Summary of The Cay
Review: The Cay was a great book from beginning to end! We had to read this as a class book just in April 5,2002 and ended it on April 29,2002.

They Cay is about a boy named Phillip Enright, who lives in Williamstad on the island of Curacao. World War II was just beginning and Phillips mother, Grace Enright, wants to leave the island and he has to go with her! He doesn't want to leave because he thinks his friend Henrik will think of him as a coward!

After the S.S. Hato leaves the island it is torpedoed by a Greman submarine and Phillip gets hit in the head and goes blind. When he wakes up he finds out taht he is on a raft with a black man, who says he is in his 70's and seperated from his mother! He blames Timothy, the black man, for seperating him from his mother, he also starts to dislike him because in Williamstad the blacks were seperated from the whites and his mom taught him to dislike blacks.

Phillip then goes blind again, this time he stays blind! When Timothy finds an island Phillip doesn't want to go because he thinks that his dad, also, Phillip Enright, had search boats out after him.

The boats don't come so Phillip gets off of the raft with Timothy. A hurricane comes and Timothy is getting ready for it, by tieing things to a plam tree, including Phillip! He was more worried about Phillip and himself then he did Stew Cat!

After the hurricane was over, Phillip found Timothy dead! Now him and Stew Cat learn to survive with each other. One day Phillip hears a noise like a boat motor... it was a rescue boat! Phillip went over by the shore and started waaving his hands. When the guy walked up to him, he saw that he was naked! He asked if he was blind and if there was anyone else on this island.

When Phillip arrives back home to Williamstad, he hears his parents! Now he knows his mom survived, just like he did. After several operations, Phillip can now see again. He also goes to the other side of town where the black people live and visit them, he also talks to the people who knew Timothy.

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Summary: The Cay
Review: This book is a powerful example of a point I strongly believe in and that is that prejudices are learned. Phillip, a twelve year old boy, and his mother decide to leave Curacao, the island they live on, when it is attacked in February 1942 and head to safety in Virginia. On their trip over, their boat was torpedoed and after a series of events Phillip was in the water hit in the head by a board. The next thing Phillip recalled was waking up in a raft with a large African American man, Timothy. Phillip is instantly worried and suspicious because he was raised learning that African Americans lead a different life than Caucasian Americans.

After a couple of days being with Timothy, Phillip suffered from a concussion after being hit in the head and became blind. Timothy cared for Phillip and the cay they landed on. However, Timothy was getting old and knew he would not be around forever, so he began to teach Phillip how to care for himself incase nobody ever found them. Phillip came to trust Timothy and gained a new self-confidence after meeting all of the challenges Timothy set before him.

Phillip's trust and love for Timothy grew to be so strong that one night while laying next to Timothy he asked if he was still black. This is what I mean when I say prejudices are learned. The color of someone is simply what his or her skin looks like. Everyone's heart and soul has the ability to be equal.

I would recommend this book for children as young as fifth grade. I believe it is a wonderful book and has a great deal of literary merit. The Cay has a great deal of diversity too with age, race, and a disability being major parts of the book. The one problem I have with this book is once you start it is practically impossible to put it down!

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Summary: The Cay
Review: I enjoyed the cay, but feel that it is not the best book for children above the age of 10. Why? Simply because, for a 6th grader or above, there just isn't enough action and drama. While in the eyes of a fith, fourth or even a third grader this book is excellent! I also recommend Timothy of the Cay, for those who thouroghly loved The Cay. In conclusion,Theadore Taylor did a good job on The Cay.

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Summary: The Cay was Greate
Review: The Cay was a great book. The auther gave a great description of the book. This was one of the best books I have ever read. It made you feel like you were there on the island in the middle of a war. It definently was a gook book and I would recomend it for ages 7-13.

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Summary: My Review of the Cay
Review: The Cay, is one of my favorite book's I've read because it is full of adventures.I have read it twise already to my two little brothers.They also loved it alot.It is a very exciting book to read to children.I hope you would like this book too.

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Summary: THE CAY
Review: The Cay

How easy do you think it is to survive? Timothy and Phillip, the two main characters, made survive sound easy, buy I am sure it isn't as easy as the make it sound. The plot, character and many more things will prove that they had to survive. Phillip and Timothy are in The Cay By Theodore Taylor, which is an exciting and adventurous story.

The Plot and the characters were very important in The Cay. In fact, the main characters in the Cay are Phillip Enright, a young white boy, and Timothy, who has no last name, and is an ugly black man. Before Phillip met Timothy he was used to looking down on black men, but now he is looking up to Timothy. Having two completely different people make the cay a little bit more interesting. Another example is when Phillip had to leave his town doing to war. His ship was then torpedoed by a German sub. He then woke up on a raft with a strange ugly man named Timothy. The story is suspenseful throughout it but it is very suspenseful in a lot of parts. The plot and the thesis relate to the thesis by them both being very exciting and very adventurous. The main characters are the story and then the plot is the story.

Phillip and timothy ran into several problems but also had a huge adventure. For instance, when the boat was torpedoed and also when Phillip and Timothy were caught in the hurricane. Both of those scenes were exciting and very adventurous. In fact, Phillip and Timothy had several problems; the main one was when they were trying to survive. When they are trying to survive, throughout the book, it is very fun to hear what they do in their next step. This fits my thesis again by it being very exciting.

This book was very exciting, adventurous and suspenseful. I don't relate to any of these characters because I don't think I could survive like Phillip and Timothy did. I didn't have a favorite part because the whole book was a great story. I highly recommend this book to everyone.

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Summary: WHAT A BOOK!
Review: WHAT A BOOK!

A book I could not put down, an intriguing novel with every chapter full of action. The Cay by Theodore Taylor is a well-written novel with a smooth delivery. Phillip, a twelve year old boy, blind from the ship wreck, grew up with many views on Negroes and Timothy, an older male Negro from the West Indies gave the characters struggles for survival much flavor and excitement.
The different lifestyles of the characters and their views of one another slowly began to change, especially that of Phillip's. If blind, one has no choice but to rely on others, and this is something Phillip must learn to do. The cay that they are on is very complicated with many dangerous areas, so Phillip must look past skin color and work as one with Timothy. Timothy knows he will not stay around for long, so he teaches Phillip the rules of survival. This is important to Phillip incase something were to happen to Timothy and he would be left alone. Phillip also must learn to get around with smell and touch, since he is blind, which could be hard to do when your on your own. The struggles of Phillip and Timothy and the trust that must be made, all takes affect in this great novel.
Throught the story, the author's imagery takes the reader into the novel and brings the reader closer to the characters and their struggles. "Dis b'dat outrageous cay, eh, Timothy?" This is one of the many quotes that brings the reader into the characters minds. It may bring a joyful, moving mood to the reader. "Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea, the German Submarines arrived in the middle of the night. This would be one of the examples of how the author uses imagery in his novel. Having imagery like this is like icing on the cake. It is one more trait the author uses to make an even more enjoyable novel. The imagery really makes the novel more of an appeal to the reader.
With a writing style as good as Theodore Taylor's, this novel could not be any better. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading and expanding their minds. The easy-to-read smooth delivery will allow every reader to enjoy this novel as much as me. I will be looking forward to a sequel

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Summary: The Cay (A witty title proves nothing.)
Review: The Cay, have I read this book before? Yes. Every single lost at sea adventure book I have ever read. The book is dull and leaves the reader wanting more excitement. This book ruins the lost at sea adventure reputation.

Could the plot of The Cay be any more predictable? Of course not, a boat sinks, people lost at sea, find an island. It's the same old cliché that leaves the reader hoping it will suddenly change but never does. Timothy, Phillep and stew cat are on the island then what happens... they build a hut for a long stay. Duh! Foreshadowing in the cay was in all the wrong spots and the event s that should be suspenseful turned out to be boring and ongoing because I always knew what was going to happen. Timothy is very old and is teaching Phillip to live on the island by himself maybe because Timothy is going to die? The only difference with this book and the other lost at sea adventures is that Phillip is blind and it's interesting to hear how he manages on the island. The plot should be survival and should keep the reader on edge but the lack of detail and bad foreshadowing make it impossible. Theodore Taylor tried his best to have unexpected turns but the foreshadowing before hand made it so the reader knew what was going to happen. Reading the book was plain awful and dull, however the overall meaning intrigued me.

The moral of the story was to not judge a book by its cover. In this case the book was Timothy and the judge is society's opinion, which was pressed upon Phillip's mind prior to his meeting timothy. When Phillep woke up from the wreck he was stranded on a boat with and I quote "An ugly black man". Phillep never crossed paths with a person of color in a friendly way. To Phillep Timothy was a person of ignorance and of less importance, so says the way he was raised. When Phillep became blind he started to see things for what they are and not for what they seem to be. Phillep forgot about Timothy's color and started to become a first-class friend. Phillep now realizes that Timothy did everything he could to help him including giving his life. Even though the plot was terrible the moral is still there and I would recommend the book simply for that.

Wrapping up my review to say the least people who love adventure and suspense don't get this book. But people who like a good moral and a deeper meaning then go get this book. It ruins the lost at sea reputation by the lack of details, but once again if you can manage a dull and boring story just for a good insight then get this book

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Summary: No Right Way, For The Cay
Review: White sand, glowing blue water, colorful coral, palm trees swaying, coconuts falling, fish splashing and the bright sun shining. There isn't possibly any way that this gorgeous beach setting can be turned into something horrible, right? WRONG! The Cay disgraces all lost-at-sea novels with predictable events, lack of individuality and originality.

The Cay is predictable to all readers above a child's level. With lack of uniqueness and creativity, each event is predictable and came as no surprise. Phillip, the main character, once had a life in Curacao. His life one day took a nose dive, as it was thrown overboard just like he was. Phillip was a passenger on the Hato, which was sunk, by enemy submarines, leaving Phillip to survive with a black man named Timothy. The plots interest sinks as quickly as the Hato when each event is predicted by the previous incident. When Timothy, Phillip, and Stew Cat are out at sea on the raft you don't need a genius mind to realize that soon they will stumble upon a deserted island, and what a surprise; they do just that! Such events as that are so text book for ship wreck stories. It's as if The Cay follows the same pattern set by every other lost-at-sea novel. One unpredicted even is while out at sea, Phillip looses his vision as a result of being hit on the head during the ship wreck. He is much traumatized, as well he should be. Not being able to see the world around him could cause quite a problem in the matter of how he will survive. As Timothy and Phillip are left helpless with little change of survival, the same goes for this book. For Timothy and Phillip, there are little glimpses of hope, but The Cay is too far lost to be saved.

As the story unfolds, so does the meaning of this novel. Mid-way through, a terrible hurricane rips apart the island, taking Timothy's life. This was the most traumatic part of the book, and 'hit home' for me, personally. I know what it's like to have someone you care about die such a sudden horrible death. Nothing hurts more. How Phillip overcame all the emotional pain is still a marvel to me, but that situation showed a large turning point in Phillip's growth as a character, along with his determination to survive. The Cay is a story of Phillip and Timothy's survival. The author, Theodore Taylor, could have put this book to much better use as firewood. So many movies and books have already told the lost-at-sea tale, but with a different setting and different characters. Over all, it flows out no differently. That is precisely what made the book hard to get into. Each event could be easily predicted and the book, being a near replica to hundreds of other lost-at-sea novels, intensely made The Cay loose originality points. Who wants to read something so utterly predictable? There's no suspense! It doesn't get much worse then to have a predictable "action" novel. Simply put, this book is a disgrace to it's genre of stories. It should be PREMINATELY left on the book shelf.

In conclusion, I suggest that every copy of this book is taken and buried somewhere for reasons of predictability, lack of originality, and an over all bore! I would only recommend this book to children of younger ages whose imaginations will run wild at the thought of survival on a deserted island. I would in NO WAY condone this book as being a "good read" or as a quality novel. There is simply no right way, for The Cay.

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Summary: The Cay
Review: The Cay written by Theodore Taylor is an exciting, moving adventure story. It tells of two characters and how they struggle to survive in a time where racism and prejudice was the least of their worries. I give this compelling and dramatic story four stars. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and how it shows the struggle of characters and how they survive on a little Caribbean island in the middle of no where.

The plot of this story and how the main characters fit in is very intriguing. Timothy, an old Negro that is extremely strong, smart and cunning, is stuck aboard a raft with Phillip that is still having a hard time dealing with the black-skinned Negro. Phillips struggle of overcoming this is greatly portrayed by his actions towards Timothy. I believe that being stranded on an island in the Caribbean greatly affected the way Phillip looks towards blacks. Meanwhile, while the inner struggle between characters is taking place, the story absorbs Phillip and Timothy into and amazing struggle for survival. To survive on the island Phillip and Timothy must stick together and see it through to the end. I believe Timothy realizes Phillip's shortcomings and adjusts to condensate for the lack thereof. This is an awesome and compelling story, but their could have been things added that would enhance its reading level and give even a greater meaning of what its like on an island in the Caribbean.

A few simple things could have been added to The Cay that would make it appeal to readers of all ages. For example, Phillip and Timothy could have been stranded on an island inhabited b a far off tribe. This would make the story even better, not only do you have the inner struggle between characters, you also have Phillip and Timothy trying to adapt to a way of live that may be with them forever. If they were to encounter a tribe it would have made a great book even better! If they didn't encounter a tribe, one of them could have gone psycho and gotten into the raft and made an attempt to venture home. This would have added great excitement, now you have two survivors of a ship wreck in different places encountering different adventures. The story now just became more complicated as the main characters encounter different things. With these minor details added this novel would become an award winner.

I highly recommend this forcefully portrayed book to anyone with an adventurous personality. You simply won't be able to put it down. This exciting struggle for two to survive is a book that is not to be left on the shelves.