Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Endless Night
During your second day together, you learn more about Timothy, the man who rescued you. Your opinion of Timothy is skewed by the racial biases you have learned from your mother. You and Timothy continue to wait for rescue, but the ocean is silent. The pain from your head injury becomes unbearably worse, until at last relief finally comes, but at a cost...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
28 comments:
I yelled Timothy! Timothy! Then said I can’t see I’m blind. My head doesn’t hurt but I’m blind I said. I was scared and angry but I didn’t tell him that. I knew that being blind was bad but I didn’t know that it was this bad. I know had to rely on my hands and Timothy because I could not see anything. I asked Timothy what time was it was I thought it was night but he said about ten o’clock a.m. I was surprise that my blindness was this bad. I hoped I wasn’t blind forever because that would be terrible.
The day went on still no sign of my dad’s boats. I am also still stuck on the raft with Timothy. I got tired so I took a rest then I woke up I could not see. I am blind! I can not see a thing. I said,” Timothy where are you?” Timothy said, I am right here do not worry you just need to take a rest. Timothy also said because last time my friend looked at the sun he got blind then he took a rest and woke up seeing again. So I tried I took a nap. Later on I woke up and I could not see anything it was pitch black. I tried to open my eyes but, it was no use I could not see anything. I was frightened I did not know which way to go because I might fall off. At least my head stopped aching. I am glad I saw Timothy and Stew Cat before I was blind. I wish I could see again.
That day I woke up seeing nothing but blackness. I wasn’t sure if it was day or night, but I felt the sun on my back. I asked Timothy, “Is it day or night?”. He answered, ”It is day time.” I was confused and frightened because one day I could see and the next day I couldn’t. Then I realized that I might be blind. I was 100% positive. I screamed, yelled, and hit Timothy, “I’m blind, I’m blind!” Timothy thought I became blind because of the sun.
I still don’t know why I am blind, and what caused it.
The Cay
I kept looking at the sun. My head, it still hurts. Timothy and I still don’t get along very well. He talks like, “Dis young bahss, is vey sart.” The cold weather made me quiver. I went to sleep. When I woke up again, it was dark. I couldn’t see anything at all. Then I decided to ask, “Timothy, what time is it?” he answered me, “Bout ten” “At night?” “but it dis morn” he said. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” I’m BLIND!” I yelled. I’m BLIND I’m BLIND!” “No! You can’t be!” Timothy yelled. “Considering everything is dark, I’m B.L.I.N.D. BLIND!!” I yelled. For some reason Timothy thought it was because I looked at the sun to much. I looked around, “I knew it was a good thing to have seen Stew Cat and Timothy so I wasn’t with a total stranger.
Cay Blog 2
I wake up and rub my eyes. I wonder why it’s really hot but dark... I say to Timothy, “What time is it?” ”Bout 10.” “In the morning?” “Yea.” I couldn’t believe it. Then I knew what was going on. “I’m blind!!!!” “NO you can’t be!” I am in utter shock and don’t know what to do. Timothy says it’s because I looked at the sun. I think it’s because I hit ,my head on the boat before… I want to cry but my eyes feel nothing. Timothy says the blindness will go away. I hope he is right.
By Nuzha Zuberi
I’m blind I’m blind! Timothy help I’m blind. Every thing is dark and I only have Stew Cat and a Negro. This is all your fault Mom. You abandoned me and now I am blind. How will I drink eat and do things now? My head doesn’t hurt but my eyes do. Now it is always night and this stinks. Ah! I hate my self! I am scared what will life be like now? Ever since I have been on this raft my life gets worse and worse. God I cant believe it blind I never wanted to be blind. I can’t see it is an endless night. I can’t even see my hand. How will I ever learn to read those dots? I can’t play anymore. I wish I never listened to my Mom she caused this.
Its night time. Wait, it can't be night. I fell asleep at night! Then why is it so dark? Why can't I see anything? When its dark you can usually still see stuff. I called for Timothy. This was strange. “What time is it, Timothy?” “Its about ten,” he replied. What?! I can't see! I felt like I had fallen in a black hole. Am I blind? What is going on? Will I never be able to see anything ever again? I wanted to scream. I began crying. Wait a second. The pain is gone! I was excited again, but then I remembered. I was blind. I told Timothy but saying the words didn't seem familiar to me for I have never said them before. I became angry and frightened. I screamed and punched. I hated Timothy! He is so selfish! All he said is that my blindness was temporary. If he only knew how I felt. If he only felt my pain he would know how I feel. If only he were blind then he would understand. Although I did feel a little better when he said it was temporary, but how would he know. I can't get my hopes up on something he said. Whats the point of living when your never going to see anything ever again? When someone says “look at that!” I wont be able to see it. I started crying. Stupid Timothy is blaming me for looking at the sun but he doesn't know the pain of becoming blind. He doesn't know how scary and devastating it all is. Knowing that you can't see. I felt nauseous. It would have been better to stay with dad. If only I would have known what was going to happen. I can't take not seeing anything. I miss just being able to look at the beautiful, blue sky but now all I see is blackness.
Trapped in a Box of Darkness
Scott Kubiak
I just went blind! Where am I Timothy! Phillip, I see an island. Really, I wish I could see the island. Darn, I am scared because I just fell overboard! I know to swim but I don’t know where I am going. Then I felt Timothy grab my hair and then I feel sharks swimming around my legs. Then Timothy threw me and then I felt the hot boards and I knew I was safe and back on the raft. Then I felt the raft tilt to one side and I knew Timothy was back on the raft with me. Timothy got very mad at me because I almost got us killed. Timothy tried to get me to go on the small island with him but I said no because I had a strong feeling navy ships were looking for me.
The Cay Journal #2
I am still here stuck on the raft with Timothy. Nothing has gotten any better but it has gotten worse, my head. My head has been hurting a lot more lately! I can’t stand the pain and when I try to sleep it’s hard to go to sleep but finally I do. I wake up to the roaring of a plane but I can’t see anything, hoping it was a dream and I try to wake up. I can’t wake up and all I see is darkness but during all the excitement I just noticed my head isn’t hurting anymore! I tell Timothy and he comes over. He was happy about my head but I told him I couldn’t open my eyes, that I couldn’t see anything but darkness. He told me I’m blind, that I shouldn’t have looked at the sun, that I should have listened! I found out he was right, I was blind! I tried to think about how I could have been blind? Oh no! I had looked at the sun a lot yesterday! I told Timothy what I did. Timothy tells me about someone he knew that went blind but one day he could see again. It made me happier but I still couldn’t bear to think that I was blind!
Ananya Gupta
"Ah! Timothy, Timothy where are you?? Why is the sky turned off? Did I sleep to long and its night?? Timothy Timothy??" I said. “Yes, yes what is de mader?” "Few you’re here, is it day or night?" I said. “It is mornin you just wake up.” "Timothy, I think I’m blind. I can’t see I’m blind Timothy I’m blind! What do I do? Help me please Timothy!" I don know, you just rest.” And so I did I didn’t want to get in any more trouble than I am in right now. Hey Timothy, my head doesn’t hurt anymore. “It waz de sun, I tol you no look at sun.” Yes, yes I did look at the sun and you did tell me not to. There was a long pause and nobody spoke. I didn’t feel like speaking because 1. I am too scared to speak because I think Timothy is mad at me. 2. I am too shocked that I am blind. Then I said allowed, “I’m sorry Timothy. You told me not to look at the sun but I did anyway. Then I thought to myself, it probably wasn’t from the sun. Maybe when I bumped my head that must have done something bad causing me to become blind. That is what must have happened. But I didn’t tell Timothy or he would be even more mad and sad. So I just lied down and rested maybe slept for an hour or two.
At first, ‘twas but a haze. Then it all went black. Please tell me this is but a side effect from when I hit my head. That I’m gonna wake up safely in Curacao, that I am NOT on a small raft in the middle of the ocean with an old black man and a cat. We had a plane pass over, but it left without finding us. Then Timothy sees a small island. I do not want to go on this island, for there are no people. No people to save us. But stubborn ol’ Timothy just HAS to go on this island. I’m beginning to think we’re gonna die out here....
Endless Night
It was hot the air felt warm as it swept across the boards on the raft. I asked Timothy what time is it? He said about ten I would say. I asked him at night? He replied it is day. I screamed I am blind! I am blind! Timothy said I told you not to look at the sun!!! He did a test on me and said look at the sun. I looked at the sun and said I can’t see anything but darkness! I was terrified knowing that I can't see anymore. I can't see my mother or my father’s faces let alone know where they even are. Timothy was bending over me I could feel his breath breathing on me. He told me the blindness will go away .I was on a raft with a black man feeling depressed and sad not to mention afraid. After all what else could go wrong?!
Blackness surrounded me. I am terribly scared. I feel all around the raft and suddenly feel something remarkably soft. I scream. Suddenly I hear a meow. I do a sigh of relief because it was only Stew cat. I hated being blind. Everything seemed so scary and to make things even worse, I had to share it with a black man. He’s weird and talks funny. This day is getting worse and worse. I wish I’d just soon wake up and it would all be a dream. A horrible, miserable dream.
I asked Timothy what time it was. He said it was about 8:00. Then I asked at night? He said no in the morning. Then I said TIMOTHY I AM BLIND! I can't see and the throbbing pain in my head is gone. I started to cry. I got really mad at everyone I even started to punch Timothy. I blamed everything on timothy and my mom. I told Timothy that I hated him and my mom. I knew that wasn't true though. I was exhausted from all that crying and screaming so I fell asleep. When I woke up I wasn't surprised as much not to see anything. I apologized to Timothy. Then I laid back down and felt that stew cat was on my lap. I pet him for awhile and then fell asleep again.
Nikita Madorsky
The Cay Journal 2#
It is the second day of no hope. All I see is a spreading of darkness.” Wait a minute, why is everything so black, I can’t see my hands, I… I think…I’ am blind!” I ran to Timothy but, he didn’t have the same reaction as me. When I got blind my head stopped hurting, it felt strange. Timothy told me that I got blind from the sun but, I didn’t really believe him. Well, today is almost over, I can’t see, I’ am hungry, Timothy is my eyes. I feel worried yet I feel normal. There is only one thing I do, SURVIVE.
Laiken Schultz
11/3/09
LA3
I just woke up. The horrible pain from my head is gone, but……but……AHHHHHHH!!!!! I can’t see, when I open my eyes everything is black. I’M BLIND!!!!! I feel like I’m stuck in a black box. It feels horrible to know that whenever I open my eyes, I will see black. It’s so uncomfortable. When I open my eyes, I see a black curtain over them. Will I ever be able to see again?
1My mom tells me black people are different then us, so different we shouldn’t bother talking to them. I think that isn’t true. A black man would risk his life for me why should I ignore him. The pain in my head still hurts, even getting worse. Timothy is trying to help me. I wake up one day and the pain is gone! I tell Timothy and ask what time it is. He says it’s morning but I can’t even see me hand in front of my face. I realize that I am blind! “I’m blind, I’m blind!” I say. I’m so scared. Timothy says it will be all right but I know it’s not going to get better and we are at sea.
My mom tells me black people are different then us, so different we shouldn’t bother talking to them. I think that isn’t true. A black man would risk his life for me why should I ignore him. The pain in my head still hurts, even getting worse. Timothy is trying to help me. I wake up one day and the pain is gone! I tell Timothy and ask what time it is. He says it’s morning but I can’t even see me hand in front of my face. I realize that I am blind! “I’m blind, I’m blind!” I say. I’m so scared. Timothy says it will be all right but I know it’s not going to get better and we are at sea.
I can’t believe this! Me, Phillip Enright, is actually BLIND! How can this possibly be? I know I am freaking out, but BLIND!!! I really need my mom right now. I don’t want to be stuck on a raft with Timothy. I just want to actually see! This is so terrible. All I can see is darkness all the time. I am having trouble feeling where I am crawling, and it is extremely annoying! Oh, how I wish I could be home with mom and dad and my friends. I guess I will just have to put up with it. After all, Timothy said that it is only temporary. But still, my mom said not to trust black people. I guess I can to nothing about it right now, because I need to figure out a way to get back to Curacao!!!
The Cay
I wake up why is everything so dark? Timothy what time is it? Oh……. Bout ten. At night? Because all I can see is blackness and I can’t even see my hand, but the pain in my head is gone! Suddenly I have a thought I’m BLIND!! I want to cry. I blame it on my mom because if it weren’t for her I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t be blind. Since I’m stuck here with stubborn old Timothy. I agree with my mother these black people are so different from us but, I guess I have to trust him now since I’m blind or maybe this is just a bad dream…………
I just woke up from from sleeping to see if it would help my head.It is pitch black i cant evan see my hand.Timothy tells me its about 10:30 in the morning .I felt scared I wasn't sure what to think. My first reaction could only be Tomothy I'm! blind I'm blind! help help!!!He quikely became very worried.He thought It was because i looked up at the sun but I new it was because that board hit my head.I will have to count on timothy a lot more.It is all my moms fault thanks alot mom.It feels so wierd to be blind.
I woke up this morning at around ten. I could not see anything. I could not even see my hand and I could always see my hand even on the darkest night. I was blind! Timothy said that I was not but I said that I was. He told me to look at the sun. I did. He, also, told me to lie down. I did. He said that it was probably only temporary. I hope it is. The pain in my head went away but I guess it left me blind. I will never ever forget that day or at least the first hour, of my blindness. I was frightened. It was terribly scary. I have to learn to get used to my blindness. What if it I stay blind forever? What will happen then?
After I stared at the sun too long, my eye sight began to feel weird. Then I became blind and started hitting Timothy with Stew cat. I was mad at Timothy because he didn’t tell me to stay away from looking at the sun. He will be my guide, I hope, to tell me what he sees. I was very scared; I just wanted to see again. I knew it was all over, but I have hopes. I was just angry at every thing for a while, but I’ve cooled down. I felt better when the cool breeze hit me. Timothy told me there was an island not too far; I got too excited that I fell in the see full of sharks. I thought, oh great, yep, I going to die out here, than Timothy saved me, and it was a relief I survived. I just hope I will see again sooner or later.
Relief, But At What Cost?
I felt the sun warm against my face, how odd…I thought. I turned to Timothy, ”What time is it?” I felt him shuffle beside me,” ‘Bout ten.” He answered. I nodded, that’s reasonable. But the sun… I looked at him again,” At night?” His voice was confused, “ ‘de sun is out.” Alarm went through me, the pain had lifted, but… I shot upright, screaming,” I’M BLIND, I’M BLIND!!” My breathing was hard, I began to feel hatred against Timothy and my mother, and I was SO frightened to be out in the open sea. Although I was blind, I felt tears stream down my face. I felt Timothy’s strong hands hold me up. I collapsed in his arms, into a world of complete darkness.
Anne Friedman
11-3-09
AAAAAAAHHHHHH I am blind!!!!! I am having the worst couple of days first I am stuck on this boat with a black man and second I am now blind. What more can happen to me? Now that I can’t see Timothys’ eyes are my eyes to and by what my mother said and what I experienced from for the couple of days I have been on this boat I do not know what to think about black people. I am starting to not like Timothy because he is getting very mean. This morning for example he was furious just because I feel out and he had to jump it and save me. I guess it was because there were sharks in the water. I hope Timothy just doesn’t force me on this island because my father has sent out look out and they will find me. I just want to go home.
Anne Friedman
11-3-09
AAAAAAAHHHHHH I am blind!!!!! I am having the worst couple of days first I am stuck on this boat with a black man and second I am now blind. What more can happen to me? Now that I can’t see Timothys’ eyes are my eyes to and by what my mother said and what I experienced from for the couple of days I have been on this boat I do not know what to think about black people. I am starting to not like Timothy because he is getting very mean. This morning for example he was furious just because I feel out and he had to jump it and save me. I guess it was because there were sharks in the water. I hope Timothy just doesn’t force me on this island because my father has sent out look out and they will find me. I just want to go home.
My head was hurting unbearably hard so I took a nap thinking it would help it calm down, I was right when I woke up my head stopped hurting but something as worse happened I turned blind I'm really upset and scared right now I think my dad sent out ships and helicopters to come look for my mom and I. I have to depend on Timothy until someone comes to rescue us.
BY: Nabiha Mushtaq
My head was hurting unbearably hard so I took a nap thinking it would help it calm down, I was right when I woke up my head stopped hurting but something as worse happened I turned blind I'm really upset and scared right now I think my dad sent out ships and helicopters to come look for my mom and I. I have to depend on Timothy until someone comes to rescue us.
BY: Nabiha Mushtaq
Post a Comment