Phillip Timeline and Summary

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• Phillip is excited that German subs have arrived in the area.
• Phillip sees the Empire Tern explode.
• Phillip and his mother leave the island of on the S.S. Hato.
• Phillip's ship is torpedoed.
• Phillip is injured during the blast and blacks out.
• Phillip awakes on a raft with Timothy, a West Indian man, and a cat named Stew.
• Phillip goes blind.
• Phillip and Timothy land on the cay.
• Phillip and Timothy quarrel over the sleeping mats.
• Timothy hits Phillip.
• Phillip asks Timothy to be his friend.
• Phillip climbs the coconut tree.
• Phillip walks around the island with a cane.
• Phillip is scared by Timothy's voodoo.
• Phillip nurses Timothy when he comes down with a fever.
• Phillip and Timothy endure a hurricane.
• Phillip buries Timothy.
• Phillip cleans the cay after the storm.
• Phillip is attacked by the island's birds.
• Phillip is bitten by a moray eel.
• Phillip discovers he can use sea grapes to make black smoke.
• Phillip is rescued and reunited with his parents.
• Phillip recovers his sight in an operation in New York City.
• Phillip dreams of returning to the cay.