Conflict

The story has three main conflicts man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself.

The man vs. man conflict is between Phillip and Timothy in the beginning of the book because Phillip doesn't like Timothy very much because his mother warned him about black people and Timothy is black. At first Phillip is a little nervous being stuck on the island with Timothy because his mother has him thinking that black people are a lot different than white people which is wrong. Eventually though Phillip grows to love Timothy after living with him for a while.

The man vs. nature is between Timothy, Phillip, and the island, because Timothy and Phillip are stuck on the island of the cay fighting to survive. This is dangerous because you never know what is going to happen next especially when it does not rain much their. After a while though they get use to it and start living like survivalist.

The Man vs. Himself is between Phillip struggling with his blindness and adjusting to it to stay as safe as possible. Once Phillip goes blind everything changed because Timothy died and Phillip coud feel with his body better. Finally a boat came and rescued Phillip at the end of the book.

