Socratic Seminar

Questions and Answers

1. How did Philip feel when the raft rope got cut?
Answer: Philip felt scared because Timothy was
saying that Stew Cat was a Jumbi or the devil so
he tried to take it away from the island by sending
stew at on the raft, and into the ocean
2. Design what the cay would have looked like if
Timothy and Philip hadnt arrived.
Answer: It might have looked the same, but they
might have cut down some trees down and had taken
some bark off of them for there big fire. They might
have also brought things with them from the raft
onto the island.
3. Prove that Philip had become more independent.
Answer: He is doing everything on his own, fishing,
climbing trees to collect coconuts, and protecting
each other, Philip is more independent because he
can walk anywhere on the island now where he is.

4. Connect Timothys life to Philips. How does

Timothys race affect his life?
Answer: People might have looked at Timothy and
thought that he was stupid because he was black and
people had discriminated him also because of his
skin color.
5. Describe a new image of Timothy for Philips new
eyes.
Answer: At first Philip was scared about being with
Timothy because he was black, but after becoming
blind he really got to understand Timothy and get
help and guidance from him.
6. Apply concepts to Timothy for taking stew cat off the
cay.
Answer: Timothy believed that stew cat was a Jumbi
and thought that it was the reason for not being
saved from the island.