Preview

Timothy Of The Caay Summary

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
596 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Timothy Of The Caay Summary
Olivia Mello

Mrs. Chudy

Timothy of the Cay

13 March 2024

Timothy of the Cay

Timothy of the Cay, by Theodore Taylor, is a book split into two stories. The first story is the backstory of a black 70-year-old man named Timothy, and the second story is about a blind 12-year-old boy named Phillip. In Timothy's story, it is explained that ever since Timothy was young, his goal was to own his own ship. Even though he didn't have enough money for it. As he grew up, he tried earning enough cash to purchase his own ship by sailing and digging the Panama Canal. Which ultimately got him enough money to accomplish his goal. After Timothy retired, he went to work on a ship called the Hato, where he met Phillip. Next, the events in the book, The Cay, occur, and Timothy passes away. This leads to Phillip's story. Phillip, in his section of the book, is blind. His goal ever since he got off the cay was to regain his eyesight so he could visit Timothy’s grave. Phillip's story begins after he gets rescued from a car. He then has to decide if he wants to undergo dangerous surgery or stay blind for the rest of his life. After some time, he decides he is going to do the treatment. He then goes to New York to see a doctor about undergoing the operation. After Phillip undergoes surgery, he doesn't get his eyesight back for a while. When he does, he travels back to the cay to see Timothy’s grave. …show more content…
This tagline is important to the story because Phillip was raised prejudiced while Timothy was hardworking, so Phillip had to rely on Timothy. This made Phillip realize that Timothy wasn't just a stupid black
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Book Summary. T. Connor
    • 696 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Book Summary. T. Connor

    My book report is about the very well written novel, ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE PERRY T. COOK by Leslie Conner.…

    • 696 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Summary Of Sivilised In Huck's Paw
    • 106 Words
    • 1 Page

    Summary Of Sivilised In Huck's Paw

    He learns how to take life in his own hands. He escapes his Pap and the Widow, by faking his death with pig”s blood and his hair. Then leaving on his canoe that he found in the river.…

    • 106 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Cay Review Questions
    • 593 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Cay Review Questions

    10) Identify two things that Timothy does to help them get rescued from the island. Chapter/Page…

    • 593 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Summary Of The Second Great Awakening's 'Matthias'
    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Summary Of The Second Great Awakening's 'Matthias'

    During The Second Great Awakening’s religious revival of evangelicalism, Robert Matthews- the self-appointed prophet Matthias- was one of many to create and spread his own ultimately doomed religion, a patriarchal Kingdom of Truth in which Matthias sat at the head as the Father and redeemer. Matthias and his Kingdom were one of many religions developed and spread during the early 1800s, and many of Matthias’ teachings were similar to those of other prophets and seers more successful in popularizing their messages. Yet Matthias and his group remained on the margins of society. Johnson and Wilentz want to explain not only the religion itself, but the reasons for its failure while other similar ones succeeded.…

    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Peter Brownrigg Character Analysis
    • 730 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Peter Brownrigg Character Analysis

    Peter's copy of Shakespeare's new play Henry V is stolen by the "Yellow Gentleman", and Kit and Peter worry that he plans to profit from the unpublished play. While stealing back the script, Peter overhears a discussion between the thief and another man, sounding very treasonous. He also notices an odd poem written…

    • 730 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Summary Of Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Summary Of Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip

    A whole new person than he was before, he had to make certain adjustments to fit into the society and survive. He has become someone he would have never hung out with in the previous years, being a baseball star in his grade, along with A.J.. Destroying his previous identity, he had gone through hardships no one should experience in his age, for losing his identity and forced to create another an identity or path he would never have wanted before, is an excruciating experience for all of humanity. To lose himself, and not knowing what to do for even a brief moment, is a type of pain none would be able to understand fully. Although some parts do feel slightly sugar coated, since not everyone is able to find a new path for themselves so quickly, the readers can see how much arduousness he went through to create his identity. Most readers shall not be able to understand how much pain Peter has undergone, they will be able to understand his circumstances and what he had to go through. Furthermore, Peter had to deal with his grandfather’s Alzheimer's, a task that many will find arduous to handle, especially during the school…

    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Chesapeake by James A. Michener
    • 4363 Words
    • 18 Pages

    Chesapeake by James A. Michener

    Tim finds himself staying in a marsh, shortly after arriving he meets four white men who briefly teach him survival. Tim went to Jamestown to turn himself in, but he ended up at the Steeds. Mr. Steed passed away, it was his son, Henry and his mother, Mrs. Steed who he meets. They don’t turn him in based on Mrs. Steed’s word. For five days he stays there but then returns to ‘his’ marsh. It was now autumn. The Choptank Indians tell Timothy that they owned the marsh, and he needed to buy it from them. He did so by stealing guns and awes from the Steed plantation and trading it for the land. Henry knows Tim stole his things but can’t prove it because Tim can hide infinite things in his marsh that no one could find but him. Then Pentaquod’s tribe is threatened by hunters and Henry Steed wants to marry Pentaquod’s daughter. The Steeds are ‘king’s’ people and Catholics, which is a conflicting problem. The king is dead, and Henry goes to ask Turlock and his family (Tciblento and 2 boys) to come stay with him under his mother Steeds order. Father Ralph is attacked for being papist, and his church in burned down. After seeing this Tim Turlock says “to hell with Catholics,” and moves back to the marsh. Meanwhile, a new 26 year old run away servant starts staying with the Choptanks. Paul and Ralph Steed go to Jamestown to vacate Tim Turlock’s past (indenture and…

    • 4363 Words
    • 18 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    NOVEL STUDY (GRACELING, BY KRISTIN CASHORE)
    • 2341 Words
    • 10 Pages

    NOVEL STUDY (GRACELING, BY KRISTIN CASHORE)

    Po is the grandson of Prince Tealiff and is searching for him, same as Katsa.…

    • 2341 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Summary Of A Single Story By Thomas King
    • 540 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Summary Of A Single Story By Thomas King

    Contrary to what Coyote has learned, the land that Christopher Columbus “discovered” was already inhabited by Native Americans who were stripped of their culture upon his arrival. King uses a frame narrative to convey the true story of Christopher Columbus and indigenous people, in which the narrator attempts to warn Coyote, and the reader, of the dangers that this narrow perspective holds. Using a frame narrative with child-like characters makes the heavy topic easier for children to digest and signifies the importance of being responsible for the stories they believe. To educate Coyote of the history she has neglected to understand, the narrator recounts the story of Old Coyote. This trickster character that causes disruption in the story is nave like Coyote and “doesn’t watch what she is making up in her head” (King).…

    • 540 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Chrysalids By John Wyndham: Character Analysis
    • 568 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Chrysalids By John Wyndham: Character Analysis

    In the novel “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham, religion is the most important aspect of everyones lives. They believe in the true image of god, and that all else is the devil and must be killed. For most, they would sacrifice their own children for god, yet for some people their children are more important. Mothers love their children over their religion. Some examples covered in this essay are Sophie, Aunt Harriet and The Spider-Man.…

    • 568 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Comparing Poe's A Tell-Tale Heart And A & P
    • 760 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Comparing Poe's A Tell-Tale Heart And A & P

    For days, he plots on the old man. He wants to get rid of the old man and shut the eye forever. He goes through with his plot to kill the old man and as he cuts up the body and buries the body under the floor, he feels triumphant and successful. It is to his surprise that he hears a knock at the door. The police are there to inspect the house and investigate reports of a scream and struggle. Arrogantly, the young man allowed them in. Thinking they wouldn’t find anything, he felt he had gotten away with the murder. However, his mental condition caused him to give himself up. His failure was due to arrogance. So although he succeeded in killing the man, he failed in getting away with…

    • 760 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Theme Of Alienation And Prejudice In Taylor's The Cay
    • 667 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Theme Of Alienation And Prejudice In Taylor's The Cay

    In the beginning, Phillip and Timothy do not get along well which is shown when Phillip insults Timothy superficially and says “You ugly black man! I won’t do it! You’re stupid, you can’t even spell...” However, Phillip’s perspective soon begins to change when he looks past Timothy’s outside and sees what a kind and loving person Timothy is on the inside. He also realises that Timothy is only there to help and wants the best for him. Phillip’s new perspective towards Timothy can be seen when Phillip says “I had now been with him every moment of the day and night for two months, but I had not seen him. I remember that ugly welted face. But now, in my memory, it did not seem ugly at all. It seemed only kind and strong.” By doing this, the author is implying to the reader that most prejudice towards different races is simply superficial and that you should get to know someone first before you judge and insult them.…

    • 667 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Chris Mccandless In 'Into The Wild'
    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Chris Mccandless In 'Into The Wild'

    It was in his last breaths that he realized what he was truly missing from his experience, people. In the end he contradicted all ideas he had before, and truly had a groundbreaking discovery. His epiphany made him realize how really important family and friends were.All the beauty he found, every skill he learned, and discoveries about himself he made didn’t matter, because he had no one to share it with. He wouldn’t have thought this way had he not gone on the journey. His hate for the dysfunctional relationship between his parents, and his secluded feeling would have kept him separated from his family mentally. The journey in which he was physically separated from his family made him learn how truly important they were. In the end he accepted who he was and called himself by his real…

    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Point Of View In 'All Quiet On The Western Front'
    • 536 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Point Of View In 'All Quiet On The Western Front'

    In paragraph four, the point of view changes from being objective to third person omniscient limited. "He looked a moment…" indicates that the narrator now knows what the character is thinking, what the character is looking at, etc. It continues to focuses on the thoughts of Peyton Farquhar; what he thought of as he looked at the water, how he thought of his family, and planned his escape.…

    • 536 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
    • 589 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

    Early into the film we meet Stella, Jefferies’ nurse. Their conversation foreshadows the events that happen later in the movie. Stella tells Jefferies’ that if he keeps staring out the window, he might see things he should not see. This leaves the audience wondering each…

    • 589 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More