How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I crawled out of the hut and began to call for Stew. Then I called for Timothy. There was no answer. I went down the hill and headed up the beach toward the reef. Voodoo was silly, I knew, but it was also frightening. I couldn't understand why Timothy thought Stew Cat was the jumbi. (11.22)
As a practitioner of voodoo, Timothy has superstitious ideas about the natural world. He blames their bad luck on the cat.
Quote #8
We often talked about the cay and what was on it. Timothy had not thought much about it. He took it for granted that the cay was always there, but I told him about geography, and how maybe a volcano could have caused the Devil's Mouth. He'd listen in fascination, almost speechless. (13.26)
Having gone to school, Phillip has a much more scientific view of nature than Timothy. It's clear here that Timothy has something to learn from Phillip. What does Phillip have to learn from Timothy?
Quote #9
Rain was now slashing into the hut, and the wind was reaching a steady howl. The crash of the surf was sounding closer; I wondered if it was already beginning to push up toward our hill. (15.9)
As the storm takes over the island, the natural world is represented as aggressive and violent. Notice the verbs used to describe it: "slashing" and "crash."