It was a book that took me to another world. The stereotypes now so obvious to me were not on my screen when I was ten, mostly because I longed for adventures and a friend like that. It was one of those battered-spine books even then. In the era of my childhood, it was wonderful to read about the friendship between a white American kid and and a black man. I still vividly recall one favorite book with absolutely brilliant illustrations done by the author. That discussion is what can make them pertinent. Why the books were published in the first place and what this says about the prevailing society is a question worth asking, however.
And sometimes we have to face it, even in forms that were once considered benign. Of course we do not want to perpetuate racism or stereotypes. We were reading for the story, not the attitudes. However, when we were ourselves children, it was water off a duck's back. 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 page. The impression of Timothy's character had an even greater impact on Philip than the survival experience its self. Theodore Taylor makes this easily understandable that Philips's life will never be the same and will change his views after spending time with Timothy. In almost any survival book the protagonist comes back to society having learned a new kind of self-reliance that most likely cant be learned by a modern civilized area, and this is shown to be true in this novel. Opinion: The Cay is an emotion pact book about Timothy and his parental relationship with young Philip who must unlearn what he has been taught by others before. Philip builds a grave for Timothy and soon him and stew cat get saved by a navy vessel.
After a big hurricane hits the cay Timothy dies trying to keep Philip safe. Before he had no sympathy for Timothy but eventually strike up a friendship.
They soon make their way to the cay and start working however life on the island gets hard because of Philips's racism and not wanting to help. Timothy soon notices an island or a cay in the distance. As Timothy and Philip talk Philip soon notices something is wrong with his eyes and Timothy says it'll go away but when Philip wakes up he can't see a thing confirming he's blind. When the Torpedo hits the ship young Philip (Caucasian) wakes up on a lifeboat with Timothy an old African American worker. This story follows the two survivors on one of the lifeboats, Philip and Timothy. Review: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor is a book that takes place in the Caribbean on a boat that gets raided for merchandise.
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