The Motorcycle Diaries Summary

Dreams and courage are the backbone of ambitious people. In Che Guevara’s, “The Motorcycle Diaries,” the main character and his partner, Che and Alberto - two young, smart, and courageous males from Argentine are examples of ambitious people with a dream to travel far. Che and Alberto set out to the North without hesitation. When Alberto and Che were discussing about traveling their conversation was like the following; “Why don’t we go to North America,’ Guevara said, ‘North America? But how?’ Alberto replied, ‘On La Poderosa man,” (Guevara 33). Their long trip was planned within a few exchange of words. This shows how ambitious these adolescents were as if, they did not even have the slightest worry about what the devil may bring upon them.

He says, “…those who govern spent less time publicizing their own virtues and more money, much more money, funding socially useful works,” (Guevara 70-71). Through his words his audience could imagine the anger through the tone that is established through these very lines. This quote shows as though Che is angry with the careless political system within Latin America. As if, he feels that they could be doing something to help people like this elderly lady and her family. One can conclude that he may feel as though the poor and the sick is being exploited by the greater power of the rich and fortunate. Here the audience can clearly see the side of Che that wants justice and equally for

Che ask the lieutenant governor for help he told them that he could help them out. The lieutenant governor told Che, "he would have the horses waiting for [them] in five minutes at the police station" (Guevara 120). When Che and Alberto got the horses, it was not long until they were greeted by the actual owners of the horses that was apparently stolen by the devilish lieutenant governor. This problem exhibits, the issue of political and social disorder within Latin America. The lieutenant governor thought that he had all the power and so he could take whatever and whenever he wants. The poor horse owners are powerless and cannot do anything to fight back with the lieutenant governor. They can't go up to him and demand for justice or even ordering anyone to throw him in jail for stealing as he would if they had stolen from him. Che says, "we did what any decent person would do - dismounted and continue on foot" (Guevara 121). This shows that Che was disgusted of the poor behavior the lieutenant governor showed and how he should no remorse for what he has done to the helpless and powerless people. This was one of the events throughout his journey that really pinpointed Che's political awakening. At the beginning as readers, it was hard to detect any political problems that really upset Che. He seemed more like a young guy with a big future and