What Are The Similarities Between Taylor And The Cay

My rough draft -

Theodore Taylor and Robert Zemeckis are both incredibly talented people who have done unbelievably successful work. Two of those creations are Cast away which was directed by Robert and the Cay written by Theodore. This text will help identify how similar and different these stories really are. The follower got paragraph will explain the similarities.

For starters, both plots are mainly about being stranded on an island and seeing how one survives and makes it through it. Another similarity is that the reason the characters end up on the islands are due to fatal and alarming accidents for example the Cay is the S.S Hato being torpedoed and in Cast away there is the fatal and tragic plane crash. Another resemblance is on
In addition to what i’ve already said, at a certain point in both stories the main characters have suicidal thoughts and think about just ending their life. Adding to what has just been said, in the stories there are major storms that show up, in the Cay there is the giant hurricane and in Cast away the terrible storm that caused the plane to crash. Also, I would like to point out that there is an important or main line in each story. For example in the Cay it is “Are you still black Timothy?” Said by the blind Phillip, and in Cast away “WILSON” said by Chuck Noland. Another thing to keep in mind would be that in both stories there are rafts used by the characters to get to the island. There is another similarity which I find rather less sanitary and gross but the characters both try to eat raw fish. As we approach the end of my paragraph I would like to point out that all the main characters that got stranded on the island (and Wilson) seemed to have built a strong bond between each other. By that I mean that Phillip and Timothy have created a heavy friendship that if not interrupted by Timothy’s death, could
For instance Timothy and Phillip have been stranded for only about 2-3 months before being rescued unlike Chuck Noland who had to suffer for more than 4 years on that island before sailing off on to his raft and being rescued by that boat. Another difference is that the Cay took place during World War II unlike Cast away took place in more present time. Another addition to my bunch of differences would be that while on the raft, Phillip loses his ability to see while Chuck keeps all of his senses. There is also quite an obvious difference which is that the age difference between all of the characters is quite big. By which I mean Timothy is in his 70’s, Chuck is in his 30’s and Phillip is only 11 years old. In the Cay the characters had to live with the food and material they found on the island and what they had on their raft, unlike Chuck who found Federal Express packages coming in from the plane crash which carried material Chuck has turned into something useful. Before the plane crash and being stranded on the island, Chuck has fallen in love with his girlfriend Kelly, sadly he found out that she had gotten married while he was stuck. Phillip had not yet fallen in love which makes it a difference between the two