Robby Perez Phillip's Journey

In the Cay our hero, Phillip leaves home with his mother because of the World War 2. The mother thinks it is too dangerous on the islands, so she wants to take Phillip back to the states in Virginia. They get on the boat called the SS Hato. The SS Hato gets torpedoed and Phillip gets separated from his mother. Later Phillip is brought aboard a raft by Timothy. During the next few months many things happened which changed Phillip in to a more matured man. The ways he is more matured man is like when Timothy slapped him across the face, which made Phillip wake up and realize that Timothy was helping him survive. Just in case Timothy had died and Phillip was there on the island alone and had to survive on his own. He created a better world for himself by taking over immediately when Timothy dies. By fixing the island up after the storm hit the island, and even diving in the fishing hole for fish. When he did all this stuff he did it blind.
Phillip’s mom wanted to leave because she thinks it is too dangerous to be living Curacao, Willimstad. Because of the war was coming to the islands. Phillip’s parents were fighting over leaving or staying. The dad didn’t want to leave because he wanted to stay and work and the mom decides to leave and take Phillip and go to the sates to Virginia. Then they will come back when the war is over and it is safe to come back and live there again. The Mom and Phillip get on the SS Hato and leave Willemstad. When they leave the SS Hato gets torpedoed.
The Abyss for Phillip is when he gets separated from his mother, and is on a raft with a stranger called Timothy. Timothy has to take care of Phillip because he became blind. Because of the blow to the head. Timothy finds an island then Phillip gets up fast and falls out of the raft and Timothy jumps in and gets Phillip and brings him back to the raft and tells him not to lean over the side. He also said that they were in shark waters. Then when they get on the island Timothy brought the raft up to shore and tied it up to a palm tree.
Then later on the island Timothy teaches Phillip in many ways to survive on island. Timothy was also showing Phillip that you can still be blind and you still can still be able to work and defend yourself. Timothy gets prepared for the storm that is going to hit their island. When the hurricane hits the sand that was getting blown around from the lower part of the island. The sand was hitting Timothy in the back and cutting him up. After the storm Phillip helped timothy then told him to lie down. They both lie there and fall asleep. The next day Phillip is talking to Timothy and he did not answer. In that moment of time Phillip knew that Timothy was dead. During the month that Phillip was on his own He fixed up the island went around the island using the cane timothy made him. All that time spent on the island transformed Phillip from being a prejudice little boy who didn’t want to work to a young man who works and can take care of himself.
Phillip became a more mature and less prejudice against blacks because he spent at least months with Timothy. He used to just not pay attention to them when he went to the market in Willimstad. Now he will actually stop and talk to them and spend hours in the market. This is why he became less prejudice against blacks.
In Conclusion Phillip’s story demonstrates/ shows/ reveals/describes a true Hero’s Journey. Phillip is called to Leave because of the war. During his journey he overcomes being prejudice and fear with the help from Timothy. Phillip proves himself to be an epic hero/ archetypal hero/ warrior hero/true hero.