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Immature Phillip was on a freighter, which was blown up. Blinded, he but has a cat and an elderly Blackness Westward Indian, Timothy, with him on the small-scale raft of survivors. Phillip, as per the era, has been 'warned' virtually the vast differences between Whites and Blacks. Yet when they arrive on the island, it is the West Indian who shows backbone, grit and warmth to aid them survive for the time being .
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This was our Course vi novel and information technology was the first book that had me in tears.Immature Phillip was on a freighter, which was blown upward. Blinded, he merely has a cat and an elderly Blackness West Indian, Timothy, with him on the small raft of survivors. Phillip, equally per the era, has been 'warned' about the vast differences between Whites and Blacks. Yet when they get in on the island, it is the West Indian who shows courage, grit and warmth to help them survive for the time being .
I won't spoil it, just it'south an incredibly powerful, deplorable and inspirational story. What's more, I still recollect the emotional impact it had on me as a kid - and that surely speaks volumes for the story.
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Unfortunately, The Cay is outdated and reinforces negative stereotypes, even while working to help its readers overcome prejudice.
A few things:
one. Timothy is the perfect representation of "The Magical Negro," a classic classic in American media in which the spiritual Black character's sole purpose is to enlighten and help White people on their journeys to become better humans
The Cay is well-written with powerful imagery and an engaging and fast-paced plot. I love the WWII and Caribbean area setting.Unfortunately, The Cay is outdated and reinforces negative stereotypes, fifty-fifty while working to help its readers overcome prejudice.
A few things:
ane. Timothy is the perfect representation of "The Magical Negro," a classic archetype in American media in which the spiritual Black character's sole purpose is to enlighten and help White people on their journeys to become better humans. Like Timothy, TMN's usually die (all the ameliorate for plots).
two. Phillip refers to Timothy as ugly and black at to the lowest degree twice. Though this language serves the purpose of highlighting Phillip'due south prejudice, it also reinforces the common belief that Black is less cute and that Black facial features are truly ugly. A Black student reading this linguistic communication might feel sad/uncomfortable and prefer not be identified as Black, or might not connect with Timothy so every bit not to be viewed as Black and ugly. This language is more hurtful to Black students with depression self-image.
3. The volume upholds the superiority of White people and the inferiority of Blackness people. Timothy is poor, has lower, traditional literacy skills, speaks in a dialect, doesn't know his own historic period, calls Phillip "boss," and has a seemingly inferior, spiritual belief system. Phillip is presented as more superior. -- 1 might say, "Isn't that the point?" I would argue that it would be but as powerful to experience a racial epiphany through an equal, peer relationship or from a Black character who is not inferior. Phillips learns to love Timothy, but does Phillip learn they are equal and that he is not superior. Which parts of Phillip's worldview change?
4. Point 3 in a higher place connects to "The Magical Negro" in that often in American media likeable White protagonists go to be smarter than and less respectful (cheeky/fresh) to their simpleton/entertaining Blackness caretakers/sidekicks. We meet this with Huck/Jim, Shirley Temple/Bojangles, Scarlett O'Hara/Mammy + Prissy, etc. Though loveable and fun, the Blackness characters are still presented as junior (except in the spiritual/magical fashion).
I do not recommend The Cay. On a personal note, I would not want my son to read information technology in his classroom.
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Babyhood Reading: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Original Review, 1981-02-15)
I have some sympathy with some people in the sense that it is disappointing to re-read a cherished childhood book and have these once-unquestioned prejudices jump off the folio. Quite disconcerting. Still, when we were ourselves children, it was water off a duck's back. We were reading for the story, non the attitudes.
If y'all're into stuff like this, y'all tin read the full review.Childhood Reading: "The Cay" past Theodore Taylor
Original Review, 1981-02-15)
I accept some sympathy with some people in the sense that it is disappointing to re-read a cherished childhood book and accept these once-unquestioned prejudices jump off the folio. Quite disconcerting. However, when we were ourselves children, it was water off a duck's back. We were reading for the story, not the attitudes.
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The master character is Phillip who doesn't want to exit his domicile, his school, and his father, simply considering of the fact that his mother is scared something bad might happen to them. He is eleven years old and has brownish hair and brown eyes. Phillip at first is excited well-nigh the fact that there is a war going on because he has always heard of them merely never seen one. He doesn't know what consequences lay ahead and doesn't know why his mother wants them to motility somewhere until the war is over. He is stubborn at first, but through the book he changes and becomes more responsible and obeys commands he is given.
This book tells us that, people grow up and when the time comes, they understand what may happen, and that's what changes them. Information technology'due south a story of friendship, and trust and faithfulness. Timothy didn't have to save Phillip, he could accept saved himself and left Phillip to die, but he didn't and that'due south what counts the most. Another case is when Phillip became bullheaded. Timothy was Phillips eyes, and once again, he didn't have to be if he didn't want to be, but he cared for Phillip and helped him through his times of need. I call back this novel is interesting considering Philip seems like a real male child with existent situations, only I didn't think that it was actually realistic when, with all the bad things happening at in one case, Phillip turns blind. I know that can happen when you stair at the sun, only you lot would recall that that would just exist the worst of luck. I think that this would be a worst intendance scenario and I recollect that it's most exaggerating the story a little too much.
I like the volume a lot because fifty-fifty though the plot wasn't so realistic, sometimes people want something like that, one time in a while. It just happened to exist that time when I was craving for imagination, and that'due south what I got from the book. I can be stubborn sometimes and not want to do something that I don't take to do or do something that I'chiliad not supposed to do. But I change with the help of the people that treat me .I would definitely recommend this book to people who similar adventure and creativity.
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I LOVED reading this. Information technology had so much depth for a immature developed to read. I also learned how this isle was Nazi targeted. It makes me realize how much I don't know or how much "they" try to hide about history. Presently nosotros will all forget there were any world wars at all....
Set in WWII in the Dutch Island of El Curacao, the American 11yr erstwhile originally from Virginia, Phillip tells united states of america what is going on in his world. Ultimately, his mom decides to go back to us for fear of beingness bombed but th
3.5I LOVED reading this. Information technology had so much depth for a immature adult to read. I also learned how this island was Nazi targeted. It makes me realize how much I don't know or how much "they" attempt to hide about history. Shortly we volition all forget there were any globe wars at all....
Set in WWII in the Dutch Isle of El Curacao, the American 11yr old originally from Virginia, Phillip tells us what is going on in his world. Ultimately, his mom decides to get back to the states for fear of beingness bombed but so the ship they are aboard gets attacked.
Phillip somewhen ends up stranded with the black man, Timothy, at the Devil's Oral cavity. The rest is so sweet and sad my eyes watered.
While the book was made in 1969 it made me wonder of the racist tones of the author. This volume would probably cause acrimony now only information technology shows the casualness of the time.
The story is also based on a truthful historical fiction story. Easy read.
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It'southward a children'south volume, and so it doesn't take long to read. I read the whole matter in virtually two hours.
It's easy to see why the book won literary awards and was made into a movie. It'due south a great story, told from the point-of-view of 12-twelvemonth-erstwhile Philip, who gets lost at sea with a black man after the boat he is traveling in with his mother is attacked by Germans. Philip loses his sight and is forced to learn
D'Ette had to read this volume for school and she loved it. She asked me if I would also read information technology.It'southward a children's book, then it doesn't accept long to read. I read the whole affair in virtually two hours.
It'southward like shooting fish in a barrel to see why the book won literary awards and was fabricated into a motion picture. Information technology's a great story, told from the signal-of-view of 12-yr-quondam Philip, who gets lost at sea with a blackness man afterward the boat he is traveling in with his mother is attacked by Germans. Philip loses his sight and is forced to acquire how to live on a small island without his sight. It's a corking story for older kids or adults looking for an hazard to read in an afternoon.
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A 12-twelvemonth-old boy, Phillip, and an erstwhile blackness sailor, Timothy, are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island after their boat is attacked by the Germans virtually Curacao during World War Two. Phillip has been blinded as a result of the shipwreck and must rely on Timothy to assistance him survive on the island.
Theodore Taylor finer illustrate
I read this book with my students when I was a 5th class teacher in Virginia... four times. Even so, I don't remember enjoying the book as much and then as I did this year.A 12-year-onetime boy, Phillip, and an old black sailor, Timothy, are stranded on a tiny Caribbean isle after their boat is attacked past the Germans about Curacao during World State of war II. Phillip has been blinded every bit a result of the shipwreck and must rely on Timothy to help him survive on the isle.
Theodore Taylor effectively illustrates the mature theme of race relationships during a tenuous time in history through Phillip and Timothy's unusual relationship in this book. Phillip is less than excited about relying on an erstwhile blackness human being for food and shelter but slowly comes to appreciate Timothy as more than just a ways for survival. The reader is drawn into the story by the compelling state of affairs thrust upon the characters and will keep reading to find out if Phillip and Timothy will be rescued.
The girls in the Battle of the Books group that I work with had their best word regarding this book. These fifth graders are the highest performing in their grade level, merely I was all the same astonished to hear the post-obit conclusion pour (without prompting) from the oral cavity of one pupil: "The reason they made him (Phillip) bullheaded was to show the theme that the color of somebody's skin really doesn't matter... just similar true friendship is blind." Gotta love those moments as a teacher!
2 interesting facts nigh this book are that Theodore Taylor wrote it in just iii weeks in 1969 and, appropriately, dedicated it to Martin Luther King Jr.
Despite my reluctance to re-read this book, it turned out to be 1 of the best of the 40 books on the Battle list this year. A bang-up volume for any student old enough (and motivated plenty) to tackle Timothy's island emphasis (the only real challenge of this quick read)!
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There is not much I recall nearly this volume because damn, trying to think a book I read ages agone makes me feel like a former fart. This is a children's/YA book so it'due south a relatively quick read, with a squeamish ending and a message nearly not bei
I read this volume a LONG time agone, in elementary schoolhouse (fifth or sixth grade?) and what drew me to information technology was the cover, with the old black man holding/cuddling the cat. Equally a cat person, I liked the cover, but was disappointed there wasn't more cat in the story :PIn that location is not much I think about this book because damn, trying to remember a book I read ages ago makes me feel similar a old fart. This is a children'due south/YA volume so it's a relatively quick read, with a prissy ending and a message well-nigh not beingness racist.
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By Theodore Taylor
Characters
at that place are some characters in The Cay. Some are in the story more than and some are featured in the story less. There are two main characters. The offset ones proper name is Phillip he is 12 and he was always taught to look downwards on black people. He and his family unit live on the small-scale island called Curacao off the coast of Venezuela, the year is 1942. Another master characters name is Timothy. He is Black male who saves Phillip from near decease and is stranded on a island with
Past Theodore Taylor
Characters
there are some characters in The Cay. Some are in the story more and some are featured in the story less. At that place are 2 main characters. The first ones proper noun is Phillip he is 12 and he was e'er taught to look down on black people. He and his family live on the small island chosen Curacao off the coast of Venezuela, the yr is 1942. Another master characters name is Timothy. He is Black male who saves Phillip from near death and is stranded on a island with Phillip witch is kind of ironical if you enquire me. There are as well Phillips parents witch are the normal caring and loving parents. They are also concerned about his safety a lot, only what parents aren't.
Plot
The plot in The Cay is a very interesting one. It goes similar this, A boy named Phillip and his family live on the island Curacao. The island is very small and in interest of German language soldiers, Earth War ii was in midway at the fourth dimension. Phillip was ever taught to look down on blackness people considering about of them worked in the ship yard. Phillip and his family have tolerated the Germans on their island causing trouble, and deceit take anymore. They notice a way to get off the isle and live back in America and look for the state of war to settle downwards. Suddenly a torpedo smashes threw the hull of the boat their on. Everything is in dismay when Phillip is awake in the water on a raft with a old blackness man named timothy and they also take the master boats cat named Stew, And to make matters worse Phillip obtained a condition with his eye where he is blind They notice a pocket-size island a take to adapt to the cruel conditions conditions and Phillip also has to conform to the fact that he is stranded with a black man. My favorite part is when Phillip looses his vision from staring at the sun to much and having a severe injure to his head.
Conflict
The disharmonize in this story of survival and friendship is a pretty classic one. A boy sets out to leave his home isle because of its war ridden status. But his escape from the island did not go so well when a torpedo hits the boat they are on, the SS Hato. So Phillip wakes up on a life raft with a very old black human and he soon gets a vision condition where he looses it for awhile. Then they notice a small island where they volition struggle for food, fight against the conditions weather condition and struggle to survive and look for their rescue, if they get 1. Timothy also is slowly dieing from malaria, Getting weaker and weaker.
Resolution
The resolution is quick and easy. After surviving twenty-four hours after day of searching the island for their food and surviving terrible weather weather like the heat, cold and even a huge tropical storm. Day after day of lighting point fires and slowly waiting for a rescue from anybody out there looking for Phillip and timothy. American soldiers flew over and noticed Phillips signal burn. Sadly timothy died from Malaria and from saving Phillips life in the severe tropical storm that hit them.
Setting
The Setting in the book is very tropical and green. Lush environments soak your mind every chapter. You can aroma the table salt in the air and feel the mist on your face up. The writer really made the reader aware as you lot read The Cay. Sometimes it is gloomy and night because of a storm only the adjacent 24-hour interval its dark-green and beautiful again.
17/12 - A reasonably simple story of a immature white boy, Phillip, who is marooned on a desert island with an older, black West Indian man, Timothy and the ship'south cat. During the torpedo attack that sinks the ship they were travelling on Phillip receives a head injury that somewhen steals his sight leaving him totally dependent on Timothy. To start with Phillip is quite rude to Timothy and tries to order him effectually, merely he eventually comes to realise that while Timothy may talk different
SPOILERS17/12 - A reasonably uncomplicated story of a immature white boy, Phillip, who is marooned on a desert island with an older, blackness West Indian homo, Timothy and the ship's cat. During the torpedo assault that sinks the ship they were travelling on Phillip receives a head injury that somewhen steals his sight leaving him totally dependent on Timothy. To get-go with Phillip is quite rude to Timothy and tries to social club him around, only he somewhen comes to realise that while Timothy may talk differently and may accept lived a very dissimilar life than the ane Phillip has known that doesn't make him a lesser human being, no matter what his female parent tried to teach him. I can see why this would be favourite with chief school teachers, information technology's full of themes well-nigh race, survival and WWII. With Timothy'due south help and the erection of a system of guide lines to help him go from 1 place to another Phillip becomes more than and more than independent until his blindness is barely a hindrance whatever more.
After Timothy's decease during a violent hurricane Phillip actually manages to become self-sufficient, feeding himself and resetting the betoken fire which had been washed away by the hurricane. The ending was wrapped up very quickly, but I would have been interested to read how Phillip's female parent had been rescued from the wreckage of the ship when it would have been and so unsafe to send whatever send or aircraft out. If I had the chance I would be interested in reading the sequel merely to encounter what happened to Phillip after his rescue.
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son (age 10): 4.5 stars
daughter (age 5): v stars
This audio book was a winner with all of us! My son is currently interested in survival type stories, so I picked out a couple to listen to this month. This is the first of the two.
This is the story of an xi year old boy, Philip, who ends up stranded on a small remote island with an old West Indian man named Timothy, and a cat named Stew Cat after the ship they were on was torpedoed. To add to their worries over existence stranded, Philip be
me: 5 starsson (historic period 10): 4.5 stars
daughter (age v): 5 stars
This sound volume was a winner with all of us! My son is currently interested in survival type stories, so I picked out a couple to listen to this calendar month. This is the first of the two.
This is the story of an 11 year former boy, Philip, who ends upwards stranded on a minor remote island with an one-time West Indian human being named Timothy, and a cat named Stew Cat after the ship they were on was torpedoed. To add to their worries over being stranded, Philip became bullheaded after beingness hit in the head during the disaster, so he has to rely on Timothy even more. Philip is weary of Timothy because he carries prejudices about black people, which Philip had learned from his mother. Notwithstanding, through the course of the book nosotros come across Philip's attitude toward Timothy alter from cautiousness to 1 of friendship and bonding. And by the end of the book, I think we all had a few tears in our eyes.
My son said he loved this book because it "had meaning" and contained "lots of activeness". My daughter said that she liked it because of how Timothy chosen Philip "young boss" and how Timothy told Philip that they would "make the sand talk".
The audio volume was excellent, clearly distinguishing the voices and accents of Philip and Timothy. Nosotros are excited to meet if an audio book is available for the second book - Timothy of the Cay.
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I wasn't at all certain what to wait going into this. I'd never heard of the book or the writer despite information technology apparently being a "children'due south classic" (??), simply Gary Paulsen (didn't we all read Hatchet?) wrote the introduction so I thought it surely couldn't be besides bad. I was super skeptical though, on reading the blurb…I mean, it's conspicuously meant to be a demonstration of how nosotros are all PEOPLE above whatever color our skin is, but I was concerned that a book west
~*Full review hither on The Bent Bookworm!*~I wasn't at all sure what to expect going into this. I'd never heard of the book or the author despite it apparently being a "children'southward classic" (??), but Gary Paulsen (didn't we all read Hatchet?) wrote the introduction so I idea information technology surely couldn't be too bad. I was super skeptical though, on reading the blurb…I mean, information technology'due south clearly meant to be a demonstration of how nosotros are all PEOPLE above whatsoever color our peel is, but I was concerned that a book written in 1969 might not be as socially enlightened as it was thought at the time of publication.
It was an entertaining enough trivial story, if a little boring at times. The mode is a piddling dated, and I call up mod kids might get bored (my husband said it was a slog for him), but an avid reader would breeze through information technology. I'm however a little on the fence every bit far as the representation. Timothy, the black man who saves Phillip from the sinking ship, is West Indian and repeatedly described equally ugly – it does seem that almost of his ugliness in Phillip's optics is due to his age, though whenever Philip has a disagreement with Timothy he blames information technology on Timothy'south race. At first he agrees with his female parent'south statement on blackness people, "They are dissimilar and they alive differently. That'south the manner information technology must exist." Gradually withal, he changes his heed equally he actually gets to know Timothy and Timothy cares for him week afterward week. It was definitely predictable, but the addition of Stew True cat was sweetness and I loved how he and Philip were such good buddies.
Timothy's dialogue is ALL written in dialect, something that is not just (in my opinion) annoying to read but also tends to belittle the graphic symbol speaking the lines. I understand it can and is sometimes just used as a device to help the reader imagine the way a graphic symbol sounds – after all, at that place are a lot of different accents in the globe – merely it's an older device and has fallen out of favor due to the frequent implication that the person is junior in some mode. Also, its use makes it more difficult for some of the intended audition to encompass the dialogue.
The dialect issue was probably my biggest one with the book, since by the time the resolution comes Philip has entirely revamped his view of blackness people (and we hope, of anyone else different from him). I was too bothered by another aspect of Timothy's story, but can't really discuss information technology without spoilers, and so….I'll just leave it at that.
Overall, it was an okay book. I call up there are much Better books on the market now, that would adapt the purpose of helping privileged kids run across outside of their world, just in 1969 this was probably pretty revolutionary.
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The Cay by Theodore Taylor .Phillip Enright is a young 11 yr old boy living on a pocket-sized island named Curacao in the middle of a war with the Germans .In this novel there are many hidden letters ane of which is that you lot don't alive by sight. This novel is an inspiring "Castaway" like novel but with a racial twist. Phillip a small-scale 11 year old white male child and Timothy is a large 70ish black man who are now trapped together with the cook'south cat named Stew Cat on a raft in the "The Cay"
Renee Armitage
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The Cay past Theodore Taylor .Phillip Enright is a young eleven year one-time boy living on a small-scale island named Curacao in the middle of a war with the Germans .In this novel there are many hidden messages one of which is that y'all don't live by sight. This novel is an inspiring "Castaway" like novel but with a racial twist. Phillip a small eleven year old white boy and Timothy is a large 70ish black man who are now trapped together with the cook's cat named Stew True cat on a raft in the middle of the bounding main, when they find a very small Cay (island) to state on only sadly after they are settled the island is attacked by a huge hurricane desolating everything in sight including Timothy leaving Phillip blind and lone on a destroyed with Stew True cat equally his only company.
The theme of this volume is survival. The Cay was a memorable experience in the fact of the amazing graphic symbol building Taylor managed to accomplish. Taylors message is non to judge a book past its embrace. I concur that just because a man\woman comes off as cold or mean that does not hateful the person really is. I disagree with very little but the one affair that fabricated it hard to read is that Timothy spoke in ruff Jamaican which made it hard to understand in some parts.
I liked the Cay only I could not read it once more because of how my mind would spoil the ending. The Cay kind of retells the castaway scenario but with a better twist. My advice to potential readers is unless y'all can un-code the Jamaican language I would have it read to you because it is a picayune tricky to read in your head. I would recommend this book for 13 and up considering of some of the content .In all this volume was practiced just non great.
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The author'due south note at the cease made information technology even better.
The novel is written in showtime person point of view, with Phillip as the narrator. This allows the reader to proceeds insight into his thoughts, and run into how he transforms throughout the form of the novel. Some of the of import themes in this book involve struggling for survival, sacrificing for another person, and overcoming prejudice. The mood varies throughout the novel from tense in the midst of character conflicts, suspenseful during their struggles with mother nature, and at times tedious while the characters are stranded on the island. The most important quote from the volume was spoken by Timothy on page 79: "Why b'feesh dissimilar color, or blossom b'unlike colour? I truthful don' know, Phill-eep, just I truthful tink beneath d'pare is all d'aforementioned." This quote addresses the outcome of race and prejudice that Phillip struggles with throughout the novel. By saying these words, Timothy provides Phillip with a thought that could help him overcome the racism he has been raised with.
The manner in which I connect the most with Phillip is that we tin acquire how to do things quickly. Among other things, Phillip must learn how to weave sleeping mats (p. 49), navigate the isle without his sight (p. 57), climb a palm tree (p. 77), and fish (p. 89). Although I am not bullheaded, learning new skills comes quickly to me as well. Overall, I thought this was an interesting book. At first, the pace of the book was a scrap slow, but equally the tension between the characters builds, it starts to get more interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes survival stories, or stories almost unlikely friendships. I give this volume a ix/x because of its excitement during the climax, and the unique dialogue provided by Timothy. It as well focused on a little known part of World War Two which I did not know virtually, but found very interesting. One last annotation: be prepared to work on your Jamaican accent if yous programme to read this volume!
*SPOILER Alert*
The climax of the novel is when a dangerous hurricane hits the cay and Timothy and Phillip must struggle to survive. On page 94 it states, "Soon I felt water around my ankles. And so it done to my knees. Timothy was taking the full blows of the storm, sheltering me with his torso." This is the climax considering it is the most intense point of the character vs. nature conflict that Timothy and Phillip feel throughout the novel. Unfortunately, subsequently protecting Phillip from the storm, Timothy dies and Phillip is left to survive on the island alone. Somewhen, Phillip is able to create a signal burn down when planes are flying overhead, and he is rescued by an American battleship searching for German language U-boats in the area. Phillip returns to Curacao a changed person.
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A archetype historical novel originally published in 1969. This novel starts out with some pretty harsh racism but afterwards shows those walls were cleaved down by the master character's incomprehension. I found this very symbolic for the way nosotros should see all races, which I believe this author was trying to convey to young readers dorsum in 1969.
It is 1942, the world is at war, and High german submarines have surrounded Curacao, the largest
AR POINTS: 4.0 READING LEVEL: 5.3(Ages 9-12, grades 4-v)
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A classic historical novel originally published in 1969. This novel starts out with some pretty harsh racism but later shows those walls were broken down by the primary graphic symbol'southward blindness. I establish this very symbolic for the way nosotros should see all races, which I believe this author was trying to convey to young readers back in 1969.
Information technology is 1942, the earth is at war, and German submarines have surrounded Curacao, the largest Dutch island off the declension of Venezuela. Phillip Enright, age 11, was at first excited merely quickly learned war was not fun-and-games as he witnessed a tanker existence blown to smithereens when information technology left port and headed out to sea.
His mother insisted on leaving the island and caput back to the safety of America, but his father was bound and had to stay for his work in the war. Then, just the two of them boarded a schooner, the HATO, believing information technology to be condom to get out the harbor, and headed back to Virginia, where they were originally from, for the duration of World War II. But, their schooner was torpedoed. Phillip found himself and the residuum of the crew who had made it into the rescue boat, thrown into the sea. He was knocked hard in the head by debris and passed out.
Phillip was scooped up out of the ocean past an onetime black islander named Timothy. They drifted for several days on the high seas trying to survive when suddenly Phillip went bullheaded from the knock in the head, which had damaged some nerves. They drifted and drifted until they came upon a modest and obscure low-lying island (called a cay), hidden out in the Caribbean area in an expanse known every bit the Devil'due south Mouth. There, Phillip did a lot of growing up during the ii and a half months spent lone on that island with Timothy.
Once a spoiled, racist and scared little kid, and without his eyesight to reveal the differences in his black rescuer Timothy and himself, he learned to trust, depend and eventually love wise former Timothy. He no longer saw Timothy as an ugly, quondam and stupid black human. He may have non been educated, but he was very smart on survival skills and very patient and loving towards Phillip. Timothy taught Phillip not to apply excuses, such as beingness blind, to do zip. He fix Phillip up for survival on the island solitary only encase he, himself, didn't make it. In the end, old Timothy did give his life protecting Phillip, something Phillip will never forget.
Because of Timothy'south strong character, this experience changed Phillips relationships forever with the other black islanders on Curacao in one case he was rescued and returned to the isle. He was no longer afraid and actually made a betoken to mingle and go to know them better.
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I LOVED the development of Philip throughout the story; lots of authors strive to create a dynamic character that matures throughout the story, just this authors really does achieve it, and brilliantly. It's the line in the story when Phillip hollers, "They've
This 1 was a life changer for me. . . This is one of those rare stories that feels so complete it 'due south rolled around and effectually in my thoughts since we've finished information technology. Read information technology on a rainy day when you might be feeling sorry for yourself.I LOVED the development of Philip throughout the story; lots of authors strive to create a dynamic character that matures throughout the story, but this authors actually does accomplish it, and brilliantly. Information technology'south the line in the story when Phillip hollers, "They've finally come for united states of america Timothy!" that I call up my centre actually broke. That was the moment I knew Phillip had finally made it; he'd finally learned to really dear Timothy (a character so GRAND that I tin't even begin to do him justice.)
We listened to this on CD and loved the feel of hearing Timothy'southward musical Caribbean accent. It's a wonderful adventure story for anyone, (simply specially if you need a peachy read for boys.) It's the next gift I'm purchasing for my husband'southward 14-yr quondam brother, and I'll surely be adding information technology to our library. (Just a annotation: my girls' favorite chapter books to read individually are ones they have heard on CD. They choose to read really challenging books this mode.) So glad to take this recommended on goodreads!!! (Cheers Missy!)
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This book is really interesting. If I where the author I would never come up out with this idea. I love this volume since the beginning. This volume is about a boy named Philip who is in the middle of a war and his male parent is in the battle. 1 day his mother and father where talking and came up with the idea to go to live for a few months to a safer place. When they get on the ship a torpedo falls in the boat and he gets lost and separate with his mom and he gets lost in the sea with Timothy, a black m
This book is really interesting. If I where the author I would never come out with this idea. I love this book since the first. This book is about a boy named Philip who is in the middle of a war and his father is in the battle. One day his mother and father where talking and came up with the idea to go to live for a few months to a safer identify. When they get on the ship a torpedo falls in the boat and he gets lost and separate with his mom and he gets lost in the bounding main with Timothy, a black human who was boarding the same ship as Philip. They both land in an island all alone and help each other. Philip loses his sight later the bomb. They get through a lot of problems and different types of adventures in the lonely desert island. All they knew about the isle is that they stated that the isle was located in the Caribbean. They spent a lot of time in the island. After a few months a large hurrican3e happen to striking the island. If you want to know what happens to them read the book.
I learned in this book that you shouldn't judge people based on their colour and means of living.
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Award-winning young readers novel set up in the Caribbean Sea during World War Two. A white male child and an old black sailor human being discover themselves afloat with niggling hope of rescue … and the boy is blind.
"Voodoo is light-headed, I knew, but also frightening."
Published in 1969, this is expert story telling. The eleven-year-sometime protagonist sounds and feels real. His attitudes and reactions band true. He grows … a lot.
"But dis twelvemonth [1942], d'sea is
"I retrieve grinning in the darkness. He felt neither white or black."Award-winning young readers novel set in the Caribbean area Sea during World War Two. A white boy and an old black crewman man find themselves adrift with petty promise of rescue … and the boy is blind.
"Voodoo is silly, I knew, only also frightening."
Published in 1969, this is skilful story telling. The eleven-year-one-time protagonist sounds and feels existent. His attitudes and reactions ring truthful. He grows … a lot.
"Just dis year [1942], d'sea is aroused wis all d'death upon it. D'wahr."
The text is straight-frontwards and should be hands read by young readers, except the pidgin spoken by Timothy. While Taylor's dialogue captures some of the lilt of Caribbean area, it makes difficult reading. The dialect could have been eased, reflecting Phillip'due south greater understanding of Timothy's tongue.
"Timothy are you still black?"
Many good lessons about life and decease. All its recognition justified.
"Have him, God, he was so skillful to me."
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