Who was Phillip rescued by in the Cay?

Who was Phillip rescued by in the Cay?

In The Cay by Theodore Taylor, young Philip is finally rescued when an American destroyer spots smoke from the island. The crew takes Philip to a naval station in Panama, and there he is reunited with his parents. Of course they are overjoyed to have their son back because they thought he had died at sea.

What happened to Phillip after he was rescued in the Cay?

Phillip is rescued by sailors from a destroyer. The destroyer contacts his family and takes him to a naval base, where his parents come for him. Phillip goes home with his family and has surgery in New York to recover his vision.

Who else is with Phillip and Timothy on the raft?

Phillip is knocked out during his evacuation from the ship. When he finally comes to, he is no longer on one of the lifeboats. Instead he’s on a raft with a black West Indian man with a very thick accent named Timothy and a cat named Stew Cat. Timothy builds a shelter on the raft for the two to rest under.

What besides Stew Cat did Phillip take with him from the cay?

In Chapter 19 of The Cay, the only thing Phillip wanted to take off the island with him was Timothy’s knife. During Phillip’s rescue, one of the sailors went back to retrieve Timothy’s knife that was stuck in the trunk of a palm tree.

How did Phillip go blind in the Cay?

After a German torpedo hits the S.S. Hato, Phillip is injured and eventually goes blind. This disability forces him to depend on the West Indian man Timothy and see the world from his point of view. As Phillip says after asking Timothy to describe the sea to him, “His eyes were becoming mine” (5.35).

Why is the book the cay banned?

NAACP spokesman Theodore Green asked the Moorpark school board on Tuesday night to ban “The Cay” by Theodore Taylor from the district’s classrooms. “The book is slanderous,” said Green, who heads the local NAACP’s education committee, which reviews teaching materials for evidence of racial bias or insensitivity.

What were the biggest threats to Timothy and Phillip when they were on the raft?

What was the biggest threat to Timothy and Phillip while they were on the raft? Dehydration and sharks.

How did Phillip survive Timothy of the Cay?

Before his death, he had provided Phillip with enough preparation to survive alone, which Phillip did for almost two months after Timothy’s death due to Timothy’s him shielding Phillip from the tempis. After his rescue from the Cay in La Boca del Diablo, Phillip was reunited with his parents.

Where did Phillip of the Cay find his parents?

After his rescue from the Cay in La Boca del Diablo, Phillip was reunited with his parents. (His mother had likewise survived the sinking of the Hato.)

Where did Timothy of the Cay get his eyeglasses?

They flew to New York, where the surgeon from New York Presbyterian who could perform the operation was based. The operation was a success, restoring most of Phillip’s vision, though he would always need eyeglasses from that day forward.

Why was Timothy of the cay called A bukra?

Even though she was not Timothy’s biological aunt, Timothy still referred to her as this. When he tried to become a cabin boy on one ship, its captain took on a “bukra” boy instead because he was a negro (black person). A “bukra” was a white boy in the richer part of St. Thomas.