"In The Cay (1969) by Theodore Taylor, Phillip Enright, a twelve-year-old boy living on the small Dutch island of Curacao, is shipwrecked with Timothy, an old black man friend, once the Germans torpedoed their boat during World War II, after being knocked unconscious, Phillip wakes up on a raft with Timothy and Stew Cat, the cook's cat who survived the explosion At first he doesn't trust Timothy and his prejudices, but after losing his sight, Philip realizes how dependent he is on Timothy and comes to love him he died for protecting Phillip from the wrath of. a hurricane These two are both resourceful but differ greatly in terms of compassion. Both Phillip and Timothy are very resourceful survivors. When they notice the signs of the impending storm, Timothy's resourcefulness allows him to try to protect them: “he took the remaining rope we had. had and tied it securely around the same sturdy tree… then I understood why he had used our rope sparingly” (103). Timothy v...