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(Sorry this took so long)

I think that the author of The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera, J. Joaquin Fraxedas, tracks the pragress of the hurricane through the beginning of the story to let you know that it is getting closer and closer to Juan and Rual. You know something they don't know. The author is dropping hints all over the place that the other two men have to die. The book is, after all, titled the Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabera. You know that something bad has to happen to the other man because they already killed off Andres. The two men left on the raft are totally oblivious to the fact that Raul is going to die but just from the summary on the back of the book you can tell that Juan's compaions are going to die. you know something that the caracters don't. Tracking the hurricane only solidifies the readers belief that something dreadful is about to happen to Juan's final companion.