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We have finished The Cay, and now we need to apply literary elements and plot elements to what we
read.
Doing this will help you with composing your speech______%, due__________, it will help you when
you start working on your project_____%, due__________, and it will help you on the Unit Test
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I. Themes and Quotes
Read the themes and quotes below, and determine if they are on the topic of race, survival, war or
friendship.
_____ The cost of freedom is always high.
_____ In friendship, what one lacks, the other provides.
_____ It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change
_____ In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
_____ Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
_____ The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. -Friedrich Nietzsche
_____ War does not determine who is right - only who is left. -Bertrand Russell
_____ Never judge a book by its cover.
_____ Love is blind.
_____ There is no strength in hurting one another. Only weakness.
_____ Sweat saves blood. -Erwin Rommel
_____ Ignorance is a learned behavior.
_____ What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
-Robert E. Lee
_____ Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their
balance on it.
_____ When it comes to survival, we are often not the same person after as we were before.
_____ Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air. -Louis Zamperini
_____ Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? - Abraham Lincoln
II. Foreshadowing
Look up the definition of foreshadowing if you need to. Find at least 4 clear examples of foreshadowing
from various chapters in the book, and tell what outcome each foreshadowed. Include page numbers.
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How do setting and background (meaning what’s going on during that time) affect the plot?
The setting is the place and background in which the story takes place. The society that the characters live in
makes them conform to its beliefs and norms. This influences the characters behavior and their values. The
events going on influence the way the characters talk and think, and how they interact with people from
other places.
What is the SETTING of The Cay?
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What background EVENTS were going on during that time? _____________________________________
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What was the real reason behind _________ and how might this relate to/symbolize the major conflict in the
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What role (purpose) did coral reefs play in the plot? (at least 2) Page _______________________________
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III. Characterization
Look up static character and dynamic character if you need to. Which character was static and which was
dynamic?
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Cite evidence to support your answer above. __________________________________________________
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Describe Timothy’s character, and use the book to cite two pieces of evidence to support your answer.
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Describe Phillip’s character before chapter 9, and use the book to cite two pieces of evidence to support
your answer.
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Describe Phillip’s character after chapter 9, and use the book to cite two pieces of evidence to support your
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