rob cosby post one

Through chapters 5-8, I learned that Juan is a very intellectual thinker. He uneasily falls asleep the night that Andres was shot and killed. He dreams and wakes up startled hearing Andres' voice calling out, "Espera, Juan! Por favor, espera!" on page 36. He thought deeply about all the possible outcomes at the moment they spotted the boat approaching them. As he awoke the next day, he was startled by a heavy downpour of rain. As Raul prepares for the storm that has come upon them, Juan begins to wonder about what is about to happen. As they bobbed up and down in the water, Raul was tying the rafts tighter together, while Juan was worrying about dying and the fact that Carmen was the only one that was going to mourn his loss. He was doing all that he could to help Raul, but he was not completely focused on what he was doing. As they both held on and survived the first waves of the hurricane, they found themselves alone in the eye of the hurricane. He seems a little unsure of their future when he stated, "Listen, if I don't make it, tell Carmen-" and was then interrupted by Raul saying, "You'll make it," on page 46. Juan just seems like the kind of guy that is always thinking about something beyond what is right in front of him.