Suhr Post 1

I have learned a lot about Juan Cabrera after reading chapters 5-8. The biggest thing that I have learned is that Juan is a fighter. On pages 38-41 when Juan and Raul are first hit by the hurricane Juan is plunged 10 feet under water! With all of the currents tossing me around and the darkness surrounding me I would have freaked out! Juan, however, is somehow able to hold onto the raft and is rocketed to the surface. Later when Juan and Raul are in the eye of the storm(44-46) they are both able to keep their cool and make preperations and repairs to the raft even with a dark wall of rain and churning waters closing in on them. Juan is able to remain calm when he and Raul are finally plunged back into the chaos of the hurricane. Both he and Raul make it through okay. About a day later Raul is killed by a shark leaving Juan alone in the ocean with only one inner tube left and all of their food gone. But Juan does not give up on his quest for freedom. He climbs back up onto the raft and sails on. Juan's perserverence is shown time and time again in the story and I beleive he will make it to freedom.