Motorcycle Diaries was an excellent film; portraying a trip Ernesto Guevara took with his friend, Alberto Granado. Together they traveled from Buenos Aires to Venezula. Their adventure begins with a stop at Ernesto’s girlfriend’s home and ends at a hospital in San Pablo. Along the way, they overcome the obstacles of having hunger, lack of shelter, being broke, and only having a motorcycle for part of the trip.
There many scenes throughout the film that helped shape his personality as a future leader. I think the most influential scene would be when Ernesto and Alberto meet the poor couple that had to leave the son behind to find work. The police and rich people began taking over land from many landowners, forcing families to split up and live in poverty. Ernesto gave the fifteen dollars that his girlfriend gave him, to the poor couple. Ernesto realizes the couple needs the money far more than he does.
Another influential scene is when he works at the leper community. Ernesto took care of the people who lived on the land. He befriended them and earned their trust by not wearing gloves. It was after they brought him food, when the Nun told him he was not going to be served and when they celebrated his, that he realizes how much they care about him as well. Ernesto makes his first political speech during his birthday toast.
Ernesto Guevara, later know as Che Guevara became an influential leader in the revolution in Latin America. He was loyal to his family, friends, patients, and to the poverty of Latin America. I believe that throughout his lifetime he personally touched many lives, after reading about his life and seeing Motorcycle Diaries.
~Tara McFadden
Great points! you have definitely highlighted the crucial moments of his life.
ReplyDeleteWhat parts of the movie do you think highlight his loyalty to his family? What move you to define such a powerful statement?
Overall did you like this film?
I agree with your post Tara! I think the parts of the film that highlight his loyalty to his family were the letters that he wrote to his mother. Very detailed letters of his feelings of the things he was seeing while on his journey.
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ReplyDeleteTara I have to agree with you completely, I also think this was a great film. Ernesto showed us in many different ways that he would be future leader. I think one of the defining moments was when he decided to give the poor couple the money from his girlfriend. This showed to me that he was not a selfish person that we are typically not used to in the role of leadership. He was not a person that told people what they wanted to hear nor did he exclude people for being different, such as the people in the leper colony. He tried very hard to make the two sides one and not make those people feel inferior. Throughout his life in this movie he showed that he was a loyal person that could be trusted and he could be a person that you could look up to.
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