The Cay: Comparison Of Book And Movie

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The Cay was about a boy named Phillip who becomes blind after being hit over the head during a major storm.Phillip has to learn how to care for himself being blind which is a huge challenge.But gratefully he meets Timothy so he can help him learn how to care for himself. Both the book and the movie show that the story mostly took place on the cay.But the movie started with Phillip on the boat with his mother and when the story started Phillip and his mother had not left yet.Both the story and the movie and the movie described the boat Timothy and his mother was on.But the movie described it differently than the book. The movie and the book both showed Phillip's mother at the beginning.But the book had his dad at the beginning and the movie

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