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In the Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabreara, the author, J.Joaquin Fraxedas, tracks the storm in the beginning of the novel to represent the difficult journey the three men will experience along the way. It is important to note that the storm came in the early chapters which immediately shows the reader the personal and emotional turmoil the three men will soon be facing on their voyage. For example, in chapter six when Juan and Ra l’s raft went up and down due to the waves which were produced by the hurricane their emotions did the same. As a reader, when the men feel a feeling you also feel it. In addition, as the storm gets stronger and more violent the men become weaker mentally and physically. The progression of the storm made the men question if they were going to make it out alive and to their desired destination. As a reader of this book, the storm helps us visualize the difficulties the men must be going through. Without the storm, the novel would lose one of the main conflicts. I think J.Joaquin Fraxedas did a great job relating the storm to the emotion of the three men.