Choi Post 2

I think Juan's dream is a reaction to his underlying loneliness. Though it says on page 92 that "he was not truly lonely as long as someone cared for him," it also says on page 93 that he started to climb the framboyán tree after his father was taken from him, and he would search the horizon, waiting for his father to return. Now, as Juan drifts alone in the ocean, he also feels lonely and is in search for his friends who he will not find. He once again feels empty as his recent loss triggers the memory of his father. Also, when his mother had first told him his father had been killed, Juan would continue to climb up the tree in search of his father, unwilling to accept the fact that his father was actually dead. Now, as it says on page 92, he also believes Raúl is still strangely connected to him.