The Cay Phillp Themes

“Acceptance of each other's differences is the key to change”.In the novel Phillip does not really get along or understand Timothy,but once he listened to what Timothy had to say the began to become close.At first he would have that kind of connection with an “ugly black man”
Now he knows he could even love one.In The Cay Phililp’s character reveals that accepting others for who they are can benefit you in the long run.After going blind Phillip found that if he could accept Timothy for who he really was that he would benefit because Timothy has helped him every since they have been on the raft. At the beginning of the novel,The Cay Phillip can best be described as innocent.“So I packed,with her help,and said good-by to Henrik Van Boven and the other boys.I told them we’d be gone just a short time;that we were going to visit my grandparents,my mother's parents,in Norfolk.But I had the feeling it might be very long before I saw Curacao and my father again”.(Taylor,25)This is significant because the shows that Phillip did not have a choice on whether he went or stayed.This shows he is innocent because at first he wanted to be in a war because he had not experienced it and now that he is leaving he does not know why.