Che Guevara: The Man and The Myth Many will call me an adventurer- and that I am, only one of a different sort; one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes. ---Che Guevara. Who was Ernesto “Che” Guevara and why did he chose to live the life of a revolutionary when he could have been an affluent doctor in Buenos Aires? Why was he to always be a “foreigner” when he loved his Argentina? What motivated him to leave his opportune life in an aristocratic family to attempt to achieve a better
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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born on June 1928 in Argentina into a middle-class family. He studied medicine and during this time he travelled a lot in Central America. During his trip he had been shocked by the poverty, hunger, and disease observed in those countries. This experience inspired him to become a revolutionary. He later joined a group of Cuban revolutionaries with Fidel Castro in Mexico. Even nowadays, he remains the symbol of rebellion and revolution all over
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Ernesto Guevara was born on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. He suffered from asthma. At an early age he read history and sociology books and was influenced by the writings of the Chilean Communist poet Pablo Neruda. At 19 Guevara entered the medical school of the University of Buenos Aires. In 1952 "Che" Guevara ("Che" is an Argentine equivalent of "pal") broke off his studies in order to set out with a friend on a transcontinental trip which included motorcycling to Chile, riding a raft on
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He is viewed as both a hero and a villain, but what exactly is the accurate story behind Ernesto Che Guevara, and his impact within the Cuban Revolution? For background knowledge, Guevara arrived in Mexico City in early September 1954, upon being there for some time, he eventually met Fidel and Raul Castro. The brothers whom proposed for Che to join them in their 26th of July Movement, a plot to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, dictator or Cuba. He agreed; and by November that same year, a
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Qaddafi; the Syrian revolution; the Cuban revolution, where Fidel Castro with Che Guevara’s help overthrew Batista’s dictatorship; and many other revolutions. All these revolutions happened, some are happening, and some are going to happen for a better and peaceful future. We can also see those two ideas together in the picture above. In this picture, on the left is John Lennon and on the right is Ernesto Che Guevara, both playing guitar. Music in this picture also plays a big role. In the background
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views reconsidered as a result of the serendipitous nature of discovery. This fosters a unique lens of perspective which can lead to renewed and intensely meaningful understandings of ourselves and the world around us. This is depicted in Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s bildungsroman memoir ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ which details the adventures that feed Guevara’s thirst for knowledge and adventure, which subsequently shaped his perspective of the lower class proletariat. The memoir accentuates the notion
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ideal government, or unjust treatment of an ethnicity. There are many ways to rebel against ones government and/or religious institution, in the past rebelling has varied from protesting to a world wide revolution. Revolutionary leaders such as Che Guevara and Martin Luther King Jr. both lead groups which allowed people who rebelled against their government to obtain justice. Two philosophers who spoke on rebelling against their government or religion were Friedrich Nietzsche in “Morality as Anti-Nature”
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Che Guevara Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born in Rosario, Argentina, but the exact date of his birth is unknown. He was the eldest of five children in a family of mixed Spanish and Irish descent; both his father and mother were of Basque ancestry. Guevara's family was an upper-class family with some leftist views. He became known for his dynamic personality and radical perspective even as a boy. While a student, Guevara spent long periods traveling around Latin America. Through his first-hand
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Extra Credit The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara describes how two young men travel to South America without money or a car, they travel in motorcycle! They both leave their family members and girlfriends behind. They left their college that they were currently attending and went to tour around! They go through good and bad times. Jumping around from being bad guys in a town to really "good experts" in other towns. Che writes his whole way to South America, during, and his way
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agitation against the right-wing governments, Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, he abolished the military junta, the planned 1953 Moncada Barracks was sentenced to a year after an unsuccessful attack. After the release,his brother Raul and friend Che Guevara, a revolutionary group formed on July 26. Castro returned to Cuba in 1959, the Cuban revolution that overthrew Batista he took a leading role, military and political power with his own premise. His friendly relations with the Soviet Union and revolutionary
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