Ernesto Guevara took the greatest trip of his lifetime. What started as a young and careless adventure turned into the most important life lessons that led Che to become one of the greatest leaders in humanity history.
I believe every moment during the trip acted as a building block towards the sensitive, caring and passionate leader that Ernesto had become. The lessons started with his family. During the “goodbye” scene we witness his family’s love and support in any decision Ernesto comes up with. Not every parent would wish happy times to his child who just decided to take a break from the med school to travel through entire continent of South America with no good plan for shelter or money. The love that poured out of Che’s family was selfless. The fact that two men were traveling by the means of “the mighty one” shows how much faith Ernesto had to have in simple things; logic would have never let these two fellows too far. Che learned to be humble and content having to look for shelter and place to sleep and the barn floor turned out to be just fine. When looking into the sick woman’s eyes Ernesto learned compassion and honesty to tell people the truth about their illness. Che took time to meet people and experience their cultures, especially when he was visiting Peru. That experience brought him closer to the nature and it’s basic laws, where people are equal to each other despite their race color or social stance. We see how Che transforms right in front of our eyes while caring for the sick people, how he ignores the camp rules and interacts with his patients as if they were part of his own family.
I believe that this trip took Ernesto Guevara back to the basics of humanity and in his own words “something happened during the trip”.
Do you truly believe that every moment of the trip influenced him to become a leader? what about the scene in which he tries to have an affair with the mechanic's wife in Temuco, Chile?
ReplyDeleteWould you mind clarifying this for me. Thank you.
I feel like Ernesto was very honest but that he was able to learn how to combine honesty with compassion during his trip. He started out being very blunt like telling the man he had a tumor very directly, not much thought to how the man would take the news, to being so caring with the dying old lady and the lepers. You could tell he was really bothered by segregation. Watching his expression as he watched the boat of poor people being pulled behind the larger boat was moving. His treatment of the lepers, refusing to wear gloves and instead humanizing the by touching/hugging them.How long had it been since they were touched and made to feel worthy. You could tell they respected him when he was denied dinner for not attending mass and several people snuck him food. He was courageous, empathetic,truthful etc.. all qualities of a great leader .
ReplyDeleteHey Angel, to answer your question - yes, I still believe every single moment throughout the trip influenced Ernesto as a future leader, even when he tried to have an affair with the mechanic's wife in Temuco, Chile. This is why: I believe in personal growth, that means we have to experience different things and be in sometimes tricky situations to learn the outcomes and to see how we react in these situations. This is the only path to self-understanding and self-growth. I do believe Ernesto learned his lesson after the "almost" affair. There were some memories and hopefully lessons that he took away with him from that situation. If the situation repeated itself during the trip or further life I do believe he would have remembered the previous incident and would have thought twice. Everything happens for a reason. Personal growth cannot happen only from courageous and “feel good” situations.
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