In the novel the cay by theodore taylor , what event represents the climax of the novel.

Theodore Taylor's Cay is a story of survival with a touch of historical fiction. It’s about an American child of eleven years old Phillip Enright, who lives on the Caribbean island of Curaçao during the second world war.

While trying to return safely to the United States, Phillip's ship is ruined and finds himself blinded and stuck on a raft with a black elder named Timothy. The climax is referring to the power of the Nature which leads to a hurricane to the island, when Philips realized that Timothy was still alive, they sit together and the plot  take place under the storm.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.