Four months later, in a hospital in new york, after many x rays and tests, i had the first of three operations. The cay by theodore taylor, is based on a boy who was aboard the hato when it was torpedoed and sunk at the beginning of world war ii. The cay book study featured lessons and activities. Mar 06, 2017 the cay book by author theodore taylor.
After days on the sea, they notice a cay in the distance. Which of the following descriptions best explains the cay s literary genre. This prequelsequel tells the rest of their tale in alternating chapters. Name two of the four places where the story takes place.
Sep 28, 2011 in the novel the cay, a young white boy and an old black man are stranded on a small sandy cay in the caribbean sea following a shipwreck. This awardwinning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, and survival. The uss emperor tern i was an oil tanker bound for france. Hato, the dutchregistered freighter that, according to the cay, was sunk on april 9, 1942, as an ablebodied seaman, in response to a call for volunteers that had been placed early in 1942. The novel the cay by theodore taylor has a firstperson narrator. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Life on the cay with timothy is a dear memory, and he longs to return to it. Hato, the boat that phillip and his mother traveled by, would. A hurricane hits the small cay phillip becomes blind because of his head injury german u boats bomb the s. Thesequelsectiontells aboutphiiiips, surgery and his plans. His family relocated to the island following the outbreak of world war ii, when phillips father was recruited to work for an oil company and support the war effort. Timothy of the cay timothy of the cay audiobook, by theodore taylor. The cay renee armitage 5th the cay by theodore taylor. An island is a selfsustaining little world, an isolated ecosystem. Plot summary the cay is narrated by phillip enright, a young american expatriot who moved to the island of curacao with his parents. Can a blind boy really survive alone on a desert island without a fresh water supply and without food save. At over seventy years of age, and two years after he had sold the hannah gumbs and retired from the sea, timothy signed aboard the s. Phillip loses his sight immediately after waking up on the raft the first time.
The cay novel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He is an elevenyearold boy from virginia who lives with his parents on curacao, a dutch island in the caribbean sea. Book in just a few clicks your ideal flight from treasure cay to curacao quickly and easily. Were on the caribbean island of curacao, and world war ii is under way. Their new cay is located in the midst of devils mouth, a group of many small cays in the caribbean.
Hato, the boat that phillip and his mother traveled by, would have taken. It is a prequel for timothy and a sequel for phillip to the cay. Compare flight prices from treasure cay to curacao. This prequelsequel tells the rest of their tale in alternating chaptersthe compelling story of two very different people. We can interpret the cay as a mini version of the real world. The piece of timber that had hit me the night the hato went down had damaged some nerves. The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to martin luther king. The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to martin luther king, jr. What kind of weapons did the islanders have to fight against submarines. Phillip and his mother are returning to the united states for their own safety when the boat they are traveling on is sunk.
Apr 08, 2003 the cay mass market paperback apr 8 2003. He takes the plain statement that we are all the same under the skin and. A vocabulary list featuring the cay by theodor taylor, chapters 15. Phillip lived on the island for the rest of his life. We think we know the issues which surround racial prejudice so well, that it is difficult to be persuaded to think afresh. Taylor based the character of the boy in his book on a child who was aboard the hato, when it was torpedoed, who drifts out to sea on a lifeboat. Shipwrecked and blinded from a torpedo attack, phillip must conquer his prejudices when his only companion is an elderly west indian man named timothy. Nov 28, 2010 the cay is based in 1942, world war ll. Cay can also be pronounced key as in the florida keys. Phillip constantly thanks timothy for saving his life. Phillip and his family have been living in aruba where his father is working. Because of these attacks, the cay was banned in many public libraries, and theodore taylor was asked to return the jane addams book award he had received for the cay.
What is a summary of chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the cay. Timothy of the cay kindle edition by taylor, theodore. This historical fiction novel takes place during world war ii. There was a war in curraco and his mom who was prejudice wanted to leave right away. The cay has been both celebrated and attacked for its treatment of racism, although recent interpretations of the novel agree that the book s overall message is one of tolerance and embracing people of all races. War has always been a game to him, and hes eager to glimpse it firsthanduntil the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the united states on is torpedoed. In 1942, 11yearold phillip enright lives with his parents on the dutch. As a novel written for a young adult audience, the cay has both been taught in and banned from public schools. Hato was sunk in the caribbean sea between panama and the island of curacao. Phillip enright is a young 11 year old boy living on a small island named curacao in the middle of a war with the germans.
Our online the cay trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top the cay quizzes. When you import any of the activities below, you can choose to share these readymade characters with your students. What arrived during the night at the beginning of the book. In the novel the cay, a young white boy and an old black man are stranded on a small sandy cay in the caribbean sea following a shipwreck. Phillip wants to stay on the island with his dad, but his mom books passage for him to sail with her on a ship called the s. Timothy prepares him to be self reliant to fish and find food. The cay questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on the cay. Philip and his mother get separated while getting on life rafts. In chapter 3, phillip and his mother manage to make it to a lifeboat when their ship is torpedoed, but.
The hato was sunk in the carribian sea in between curacao and panama. I didnt really enjoy this book because it didnt have enough cliff hangers or action to keep me interested. Elevenyearold phillip was blinded by flying debris when a torpedo struck the ss hato, and old timothy has taught him how to survive. In the novel the cay by theodore taylor, a boy named phillip survives being shipwrecked on a caribbean island with the help of an old man and a cat. What arrived at curacao during the night at the beginning of the book. The cay is a childrens novel and book one of the cay series, written by american author theodore taylor, and published in 1969. The cay is a teen novel written by theodore taylor.
The island is being stalked by german submarines that arrived during the nighttime and are targeting the areas oil refineries and tankers. Hato was the ship in the novel, the cay by theodore taylor, published in 1969. The book the cay was an amazing, sad, and action filled book that grabbed my attention as we were reading it. In the novel the cay, a young white boy and an old black man are. The final image in the book is of phillip studying charts of the caribbean looking for his little cay. But this one morning, it did not look like a storybook fort at all.
This book was about a boy named, phillip who lived in curraco. The cay is a childrens novel written by theodore taylor. Timothy of the cay is a book written by theodore taylor. Buy a cheap copy of the cay book by theodore taylor. The blue line is the route from curacao to norfolk, and the red explosion stuff is about where the s. For the millions who care about timothy and young phillip fo. The cay has been both celebrated and attacked for its treatment of racism, although recent interpretations of the novel agree that the books overall message is one of tolerance and embracing people of all races. He worked in the oil refinery trying to increase the production of aviation airplane gas. The cay reading book or audiobook by author theodore taylor. For your reference, we provided these the cay quotes with page numbers using the following version of the book. Hato to virginia to escape curaaao, which has been surrounded by german submarines.
A comprehensive database of more than 16 the cay quizzes online, test your knowledge with the cay quiz questions. Hato took her first bite of open sea and began to pitch gently. Which line from the book shows that it is written in first person. The events of the adventurous book the cay hopefully you will get intrigued into this timeline and hopefully you will learn some facts about the story. Timothy and the boy are on the island for quite some time and they dont do much but try to provide for themselves. This means that the person telling the story is also one of the main characters, and the story is told using. The cay is a novel by theodore taylor about philip enright, a young boy who becomes stranded at sea with an elderly black man named timothy during world war ii elevenyearold. Phillip and timothy make it to an island where they have. Phillip and his mother board the ss hato, bound for the united states. The length of the cay is equal to the distance from about 79st to 59st, and the width is equal to the distance from york av to park avenue. Phillip is excited when the germans invade the small island of curacao.
At the beginning of the cay, philip and his mother do not like living where they are now. For fans of hatchet and island of the blue dolphins comes theodore taylors classic bestseller and lewis carroll shelf award winner, the cay. The book discusses timothys life before the events of the cay, when he was living in back o all, the poorest section of what was then the squatters village of charlotte amalie, on the then danish. The book was published in 1969 and dedicated to martin luther king, jr.
In this novel there are many hidden messages one of which is that you dont live by sight. Timothy treats phillip badly, and phillip never talks back to timothy. The cay is covered with palm trees and sea grape bushes, and their hut resides at the peak of the cay. How might phillip revisit the cay in a less literal sense.
The principal attacks came from the interracial council on childrens books. They listened, of course, but i had the feeling that neither of them really understood what had happened on our cay. Soon, the cay came under attack for being a racist book, a claim mr. Hato about the hato the hato was the ship that phillip ad his mom were. Phillip falls into the water when the hato is sinking. This novel is an inspiring castaway like novel but with a racial twist.
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