The Cay is about two people - Phillip and Timothy and they got stranded on a island in the Caribbean. The whole reason they got in this mess is because there was a war going on and they were going to a safer place in the United States so they wouldn’t get hurt. But their ship got torpedoed, so now they are stranded.
What I think about Phillip is that he is always blaming stuff on Timothy like "I wouldn’t’ be in this mess if I wasn't on that dumb boat". Phillip always makes fun of Timothy.
Timothy is quite old and is stubborn in a way but he is helping Phillip a lot. Phillip hurt timothy by saying "you're stupid" and Timothy hit Phillip. I thought that Phillip was asking for it by saying mean things to him. But now Phillip is nicer to Timothy and they are coming along good.
