Discuss the ending of The Cay? Are you satisfied with the author's point of view? Why?

In the book The Cay, Timothy and
Phillip have been stranded on an island by themselves with very few supplies.  Phillip
and Timothy are very different people.  Timothy is an older black man and Phillip is a
young white boy. 

Phillip was blinded when he was hit in
the head after a torpedo wrecked the boat he and his mother were on heading towards
America after the German subs were located off the Island where he had
lived.

On the island the two are faced with a terrible
storm and Timothy survives but is weakened from protecting the boy during the storm. 
After setting up a coral guide for Phillip to follow to the sea, Timothy dies.  Timothy
is sad and buries his friend who had helped him.

Philip is
later rescued and returns to the island where he finds his mother has lived and he
returns to live wth his dad.  The author takes the point of view of Phillip looking back
on the events that ahd happened and is now finding hat he is too mature after the
experience to enjoy the things other boys his age are
enjoying.

The author's point of view is the way that a
young boy who had been through a trauma would behave.  He would be sad but also have
grown up significantly from the event and have trouble relating to children his age who
had not been through a similar trauma.