Lane Final post.

I think that one of the main themes in the book, The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera was overcoming fear. In the beginning of the book Juan was terrified of death and many other things . In Chapter 2 when the G-2 agent came up to them he was so scared he couldn't even stand. He said himself, he used to be a coward. As the journey progressed Juan became more and more courageous. When Andres sacrificed himself for his friends, Juan was too paralized by fear to do anything about it. But as the journey progressed Juan became less fearful. When Raul was being attacked be the shark, Juan swam towards the shark and tried to help fight, even though he could have been killed. Once he was alone he had finally accepted death. It was no longer a fear of his anymore. PUssing past his fear inabled him to persever through out hiss journey. If he had not overcome his fears he would not have been able to finish the journey. He wouldn't have had the strength to go on just being scared of everything all the time.