In The Cay by Theodore Taylor, Phillip is injured when he gets hit in the head after the ship he and his mother are on is torpedoed. As he and Timothy sail along on a raft, Phillip's head begins to ache more and more, and then one morning, he wakes up and is blind. Timothy becomes Phillip's eyes, describing to him what the sky looks like and what he sees in the ocean.
"'Tell me what's out there, Timothy,' I said. It was very important to know that now. I wanted to know everything that was out there" (Taylor 49).
Phillip was realizing how important his sight was and what he was now missing by losing it. Timothy could paint a mental picture for him through his description of the ocean, the fish and other creatures, and the sky.
Once they make land on the cay, Phillip really depends on Timothy to help him get around the little island. Timothy helps him to develop his other senses by insisting that he try things, and in the end, the lessons Phillip learns from Timothy are what helps him to survive after Timothy dies.
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