The Cay Movie Vs Book

Near the beginning of the novel Phillip demonstrates fear. “The bow tilted downward, and the next thing I knew we were all in the water. I saw my mother near and yelled to her. Then something hit me from above.”(Taylor, pg 30) Phillip is fearful because he is being thrown about, went under water, and screamed for his mother. Around the middle of the novel Phillip is still developing bravery. “I took a deep breath and said to myself, If you fall, you’ll fall in sand. Then I started climbing again.”(Taylor, pg 99) Phillip decides to go back up the palm to get coconuts even though they are high up. Around the end of the novel- after Timothy is dead -Phillip has fully developed bravery. “I dived again, and this time found what seemed to be an opening into a deep hole. Or at least, the hole went far back. There has to be a big lobster in the, I thought. Up I came again, filled my lungs, and dived immediately. I ran my hand back into the hole, and something grabbed it.”(Taylor, pg 123) Here Phillip discovers an unknown hole and feels brave enough to check it out. This is why I think that Philip has developed

After the S.S. Hato sunk Philip gets rescued by a black man, and they are lost at sea. Philip responds with immaturity as demonstrated when Timothy was saving water for their long journey and Philip wanted more so he started complaining and dislikes Timothy (Taylor 35-36). Philip was acting very foolish, but the trait is forming. Timothy claims to see an island, then in a rush of excitement Philip falls off the raft into the shark infested water. Only because he was standing up and Timothy had told him to crawl only, so he wouldn’t fall (Taylor 52-53). This shows how foolish Philip was being and Timothy had to risk his life once again for Philip. In chapter 12 of the novel Philip shows maturity and the trait has completely evolved. Timothy gets Malaria and Philip has to take care of him and feed him, while Timothy is completely immobile, until Timothy runs and sinks into the water and Philip saves him (Taylor

I much preferred the movie version to the novel. For me, author William Kennedy’s style of writing is needlessly vague and difficult to follow, yet he did a wonderful job adapting

In the beginning of the novel Philip was very childish and rude to Timothy. “I guess the big Negro saw the look on my face.”( pg.33) Philip is being very rude in this quote treating Timothy as if he were nothing and didn’t matter. Towards the middle of the novel Philip develops a care for Timothy and wants to be his friend. “ I said to Timothy, ‘I want to be your friend.”(pg. 72) Finally understanding Timothy's ways Philip accepts him and wants to have a relationship. At the end of the novel Philip has a great amount of respect for Timothy and everything he did for him. Leaving the island, Philip took Timothy's knife as a reminder of him and when he returned home he always felt close to Timothy when he was around his black friends at the Ruyterkade market. (pg.

Phillip says, “After a moment, lying there in darkness, hearing the creak of the raft and feeling its motion, it all hit me. I was blind and we were lost at sea. I began to crawl, screaming for my mother and father” (Taylor 46). This quote shows how he is scared by showing that he screams for his mother and father. Phillip has developed from an innocent boy to a scared one. The rising action is full of obstacles such as Phillip turning blind and being lost and isolated at sea which turns him into a scared

After the Hato was destroyed, Phillip woke up on a raft and saw Timothy, a black West Indian. Phillip describes Timothy on page 23 as, “He was ugly. His nose was flat and his face was broad; his head was a mass of wiry gray hair.” At first Phillip didn’t trust Timothy because of his racist beliefs. Phillip probably acquired these racist ideas from his mom who disliked black people. On page 67, Phillip fought with Timothy but then he realized that Timothy was trying to help him and they should be friends. Phillip finally realizes that everyone is equal and says on page 97, “I remember that ugly welted face. But now, in my memory, it did not seem ugly at all. It seemed only kind and strong.” This marks Phillips transformation from a racists to a tolerant person.

Sir Philip appears to be completely devoid not only of puritanical principles, but also Christian principles. When his ploy to free Magawisca in order to be liberated from Rosa is devastated, getting attacked by the prisoner, Morton, and then being rescued by Magawisca and the jailer, Barnaby Tuttle, Sir Philip becomes painfully aware of his falsity. He realizes, by comparing himself to Barnaby, that "genuine goodness ... rings true at every trial; while hypocrisy, though it show a face fair and bright, yet, like a new false coin, betrays at every scratch the base metal" (261). While the goodness of people such as Barnaby, Magawisca, and Hope will remain unfailing

Another example of when the movie was different was when instead of killing the whole crew, Davie and Alan blew up the ship. They still killed multiple people like in the book, yet they shortened it so the viewer didn't need to sit through the same

1a. The Empire Tern exploding is important because it makes up Phillip’s mother’s (Grace) mind to return to the United States. This event affects the characters because when Phillip and his mother leave Curaçao, they get torpedoed, and that is when Phillip meets Timothy on the raft, starting the adventure. Plus, before this event, Phillip was terribly excited about war, but the Empire Tern exploding changes his mind: "I was no longer excited about the war; I had begun to understand that it meant death and destruction." This tells you that Phillip’s mother is nervous.

At the beginning of this book Phillip is scared and frightened by almost every sound or little thing he hears on the cay. As evidenced in the novel, “During those first few days on the island, the times I spent alone were terrible. It was of course not being able to see that made all the sounds so frightening.”(Taylor 65). During the first few days on the island and after becoming blind almost every sound scares and be starts acting very paranoid. Then by around the middle of the story Phillip talks about how since being blind his hearing has gotten remarkably better and he can identify stuff better now just by the sound. Due to this he’s become more brave and scared be less things, but he is still not completely brave alone on the island. This is supported in the story when it says, “I went up about ten feet and froze. I could not move up or down. My legs and arms were rigid. Timothy standing below to catch me if I fell, called up softly, Phill-eep, ‘tis no shame to ease your own self downg to d’san.”(Taylor 98). At this point he has become much more brave since they got to the island, but he still gets scared by a lot. This demonstrates that he was still too frightened to climb up the palm tree and get the coconuts. By the end of the story Phillip demonstrates being much more brave than when first arriving at the island. This demonstrated well by this evidence “This time, I dived in earnest. I went straight down, touched the bottom, and then took a few strokes toward the coral sides of the pool. Timothy had said that langosta were always at the bottom, usually over against the rocks and the coral. To my amazement, I touched one on the first sweep and drove the sharp stick into him, swimming quickly to the surface.”(Taylor 122). So, by the end Phillip is way

First, the novel includes details that the movie doesn’t include, resulting in a shorter time span in which the movie is presented. If one had a short attention span the movie has more of an advantage over the book, but many people like to enjoy books in a comfortable spot and receive all the details of the story. The movie excludes certain parts of the story, changing the story altogether. The novel contains a complete story and does not include extra scenes that were never told in the story about what the author wrote. Excluding certain parts of the story leads to missing

Reason is the details were there to explain which scene or event was important to be on a page. For example Johnny being scared of the socs. In the book it explained that Johnny was beat down nearly to death but the in the movie nothing is mention. As well pony got beat down to the ground and same result with the film. There are many differences to the film and one of them is Pony steps out at the beginning but film shows Ponyboy writing the story.

Responsibility is a big deal in this book. Philip could have avoided the media and the nation if he took responsibility for his actions. Philip started humming the national anthem during morning announcements. Everyday they say “Please all rise and stand a respectful, silent attention for the playing of our national anthem.” This has been routine for years.

Both share the same plot, and there are very little differences between the two. These are a few of the differences that I was able to notice between the book and the movie. There are several others throughout the story, but they are all just as minute and in the end they have no effect on the outcome of the story. Overall, I was very impressed with the movie and it was very true to the book. I have seen my share of movies that were adaptations from books that did not do the book justice, but this one is almost exactly like the book, so it was very

In the beginning of the book, Phillip did not have to be independent. He relied on his mother and father for most everything. He did not have to worry about getting food or clothes, his parents did it all for him. In the text it states, “We finished dinner just as it was getting dark, and my father went outside to look at our house.” (Taylor 18) This shows that Phillip had a roof over his head, and food to eat. Towards the middle of the book Phillip starts to grow independent. Timothy can’t stay with him every minute of the day, because he has jobs he needs to accomplish. So, Phillip has to start being more independent. In the text it states, “Slowly I was beginning to know the island, By myself, keeping my feet in the damp sand, which meant I was near the water, I walked the whole way around it.” (Taylor 79) This shows that Phillip began to become more independent. Even though his independence, is growing he really had to become independent when Timothy died, toward the end of the book. Timothy used to be able to get food for him, but now Phillip had to catch the food. Also, during the storm the hut was destroyed, so Phillip had to rebuild it. In the text it states,” I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy’s knife by honing it on coral” (Taylor, 116&117). This shows that