Jason Eugene November 15, 2016 SPN 1121 Cultural Project – The Motorcycle Diaries I would like to begin by letting you know that I knew nothing about Ernesto “Che” Guevara I only saw the cool silhouette of a guy with great hair and breaded as a pop cultural icon on t-shirt sported by the supposedly hipsters and Bob Marley lovers. I think the Motorcycle Diaries film did a wonderful job of giving insight to the character of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna in his youth, without any giving up any hint or knowledge of who he will become. But after doing some research I was able to learn how the good-natured medical student became a highly respected revolutionary leader. Which helped me understand how did this apparently mild-mannered medical student …show more content…
Just turn on the T.V. we speak of revolution with no real conviction, we want change but no idea of what we want changed. Che died fighting to achieve his dream of a better place for all and was willing to take the necessary measure to get it done. For someone starting off knowing nothing about Che I could appreciate his complexity it’s a battle we all deal with. He was a “man” not a saint nor demon just committed to his ideas and was willing to take up arms for them an ultimately die for them. Aside from being educated and intellectual, he truly wanted people rise up out of oppression. As for why he is vilified by others for his brutality, these are necessary steps to ensure the revolution would endure against the formidable power of the United States of America. Just check the fact about how US has never been able to again exploit Cuba or the Cuban people, so as sign of punishment they settle for maintaining an embargo that kept the Cuban people in poverty and systematically halted all progress. This was classic schoolyard bully on a global scale. As for Che, he died with nothing material, but the hope that we would continue the fight against suffering, exploitation and oppression in whatever way we can. As he said: “Be realistic – demand the
Che Guevara attempted to have a revolution in Bolivia and Guatemala. In Mexico, he trained for his return to Cuba in 1956. The textbook also mentions how Fidel Castro formed local camps as a new revolutionary power (510). They continued to fight in urban areas. It was not until 1959 where they defeated Batista and his government. Many people were happy because Fidel Castro became the president of Cuba. The Cuban people had faith in Fidel Castro to improve the state of Cuba and benefit the people unlike Batista. The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its People state that, “In 1958 almost all Cubans agreed that a renewed Cuban nationalism would approve their future,”
The Outsiders identified the 60’s, often there would be violence between groups and often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the tensions between the Socs and Greasers is violent, and this will lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing The Outsiders in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout The Outsiders and they assume the problems will be solved with violence,
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“A revolution is not a bed of roses ... a revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.” – Fidel Castro, 1961. This statement was certainly true for Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries during the Cuban Revolution, an armed revolt that took place between July 26th 1953 and January 1st 1959, which ended successfully. During this revolt, many of Fidel Castro’s fellow revolutionaries were killed in this process of violent revolution (My Life, p133, 2006). However, Castro and his accompanying revolutionaries, of which he was the leader, also caused their fair share of deaths using brutality in the name of revolution and political justice. Using various combat tactics, the most prominent being guerrilla warfare, the Cuban Revolution was certainly won through the use of violence and brutality.
In 1949 he made the first of his long journeys, exploring northern Argentina on a bicycle. This was the first time Ernesto came into contact with the very poor and the remnants of the Indian tribes. It was during this leave of absence from schooling that Guevara, now nicknamed "Che" (Italian origin meaning chum or buddy), first experienced the depth of poverty and suffering of his fellows. In 1951, after taking his exams, he made a much longer journey. He visited southern Argentina, Chile, where he met Salvador Allende, and Peru, where he worked for several weeks in the San Pablo leprosarium. He then was in Colombia at the time of La Violencia, and Venezuela and Miami where he was arrested but soon released.
People have different reasons to start a revolution. However, the road to freedom is always full of one thing, death. The Cuban Revolution was a civil war led by rebel Fidel Castro with the goal of getting dictator Fulgencio Batista out of office. While the American Revolution also had a very strong leader in George Washington and a similar goal of attempting to gain control of the government the way they got there was very different. The Cuban and American Revolutions had many distinct characteristics that made them successful. People in the US and Cuba wanted a new system of government, but not necessarily for the same reasons. In Cuba, dictator Batista was a cruel being who was not helping the country. At the same time, Americans wanted reform so they could be a part of government. Every person in Cuba knew that Batista needed to be stopped, and eventually a rebel leader arose. Whereas, in America everyone King George needed to be stopped, but instead of just one leader, the whole nation rose to the occasion. Cuba becomes freed from the dictatorship of Batista, but instead of getting better, life in Cuba got worse. Cuba may not have been better off, but America was now thriving with their lives and government back under control. Americans and Cubans were both looking for a new government, but for contrasting reasons and with different results.
- Che’s mom influenced, and exposed him to her political perspectives early on in life, due to this he also gained leftist political beliefs.
As a young boy he did not know any better, so his blind faith in the horrible things they were doing made more sense with these added details. The peasant’s and villagers’ acceptance of communism and their willingness to help the guerrillas is understandable considering the circumstances in which they lived. This was the opposite of how the main character, Juan, joined the guerillas in the movie. He was kidnapped by the guerillas because he discovered his step-father, Fermin, was one of them and they did not want him to reveal the members (Aguilar, 32:25-32:48). Juan did not willingly join them as Gavilan Sanchez had and his understanding and view of the guerrillas was much different than what was seen in the book.
Correspondingly, Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s retrospective memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries entails his physical journey throughout South America. He explores how the confronting
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was born on June 14th of 1928 in Argentina. His initial goal in life was to become a doctor; he studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires in 1948. However, his life was changed by a series of trips across South America. Starting in 1951, Che began to travel across South America on his motorcycle. The widespread poverty and oppression that he saw during these trips influenced Che and sparked his interest in communism. His writings on these trips later served as the basis for the movie The Motorcycle Diaries..
In Search of the Transformation of Guevara: Plot In Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, the jaunty bikers turn into benevolent bystanders of mankind along the direction of this passage, thus bringing the determination of the adventure to completion, at least in hindsight. The ardour and the benevolence shine through the whole text and an inexperienced aspiration galvanizes it, and that is a part of its continuing allure. It is Ernesto's legitimate diary from a cross-continental trip, and it starts off as a quintessential youthful boy’s trips, impetuous and full of stories about getting besotted with outsiders on the South American Road, whereas in the end, he is a man of social concerns. What makes the readers capable of