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The Motorcycle Diaries Analysis
Diario de motocicleta Esta película es sobre el Che Guevara, y cómo era antes de convertirse en un revolucionario cubano. Deja a su familia y amigos atrás para tomar un viaje en moto en toda Latinoamérica con su amigo Alberto. Se reúnen muchas personas a lo largo de la manera en que hacer una impresión en el Che y la forma en que ve el mundo. Usted ve un montón de hermosos paisajes que simplemente quita el aliento. Es una muy buena película para que todos disfruten. Viendo esta película me llevó a averiguar más sobre el Che Guevara, y por qué fue llamado héroe del pueblo.
In comparing the movie “The Motorcycle Diaries”, and the Che Guevara in popular culture, this man had a face that every person trusted and loved. From his lost innocence of youth in his early twenties; to his execution in his late thirties it seemed he was the face and the voice of the people. What started as a motorcycle journey of excitement and adventures, ended with and eye opening experience that lead him down the revolutionary path in the Cuban Revolution.
In the early years during his childhood, Guevara was exposed to a vast perspective of political exposure from his father, and he established empathy
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He also managed to marry twice, and had five children between the two. In popular culture he is a symbolic icon representing the less fortunate, and the willingness to fight for a cause. His face is immortalized all over the world in murals, statues, T-shirts, posters, to name a few, as a representation of human rights and the liberation of one’s individuality. He has been deemed heroic by many despite the inclinations of a few towards his aggressive nature. Guevara still remains a national hero in Cuba today where his images are displayed and worshiped by many who still believe in his efforts of

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