Chile

Bordering country struggling blindly for independence.

Che Chey Chilly Chile

When Che and his friend Alberto arrived in Chile, their brains were as small as the money in their pockets. They decided to not come into the country quietly, but to bang pots and pans like children by introducing themselves as experts on a disease they hardly knew about. Che was cocky, he was a practiced con artist. I think at this moment, he truly became the man that is hated around the world. He used the article written about him in a newspaper in order to gain meals and shelter.
Che was then politically driven by these sly compromises he made with people. I think at this point, Che realized how powerful his lying and deceivingness, and how it could really work for him.

6 word DESCRIBE AMERICA

Bad credit, debt, economic fear galore.
play on words!

Personal Ideology

When I think about the things that define me, my ideals and values, I can't think of any. My personalities and view points change so drastically I cannot have a concrete moral or ideal. I think that I am a chameleon, I adapt to my surroundings. I pick and choose what I see in other people, and I adapt their best qualities to my own. I feel as if that is my only true ideal, to follow your wandering mind wherever it takes you. As long as you're not greedy or revengeful, or even jealous, life will be smoother. If you love with all of your heart and try not to take advice as well as negativity to harshly will succeed in everything you do.

Comparing New York Times Article to Che Guevara

I think that the article in question, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/world/asia/23terror.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss , hardly compares to what Che Guevara intended to do while in Bolivia. I agree that both Guevara and the Taliban/Al Qaeda are similar in the fact that the United States is trying to prevent them from their inentions, other then that I hardly see a similarity. I think that Che was more innocent and he himself was trying to lead a revolution that was needed in Bolivia. I think that there is also one other similarity that both Che Guevara and Al Qaeda and the Taliban have a strong hate for the United States and it's interference with revolutionary plans. I feel as if comparing this article to the work of Che Guevara would be like comparing apples to bananas both being fruit but are made of different structures and taste differently.

The Voice of Che Guevara

"It is a glimpse of two lives running parallel at a time, with similar hopes and convergent dreams." This quote describes Che Guevara's individual voice as the narrator of this story. Che is reflecting on his hopes and dreams he shares with at first what seems like his friend Alberto, but really Che was describing himself. I think that in a way Che wants to believe that he went on this journey purely to be adventurous, but looking back he had another side of himself that wanted this journey for other reasons.This quote has some imagery, it makes you imagine how his life is a journey. His syntax flows well, as well as his diction and word choice.

"My tired eyes refused to sleep and in them a pair of green spots swirled, representing the world I had left for dead behind me mocking the so-called liberation I sought." page 40. This quote immediately jumps out at me as having imagery. Also, it has a lot of descriptive words that portray this kind of mystical feeling he is having from lack of sleep. This quote also digs deeper into his subconscious viewpoint of his own journey during that time. He feels as if he is chasing a dream that is condoned.

Whodunnit?

I think that whoever captured Che killed him. I do not think it was an individual person that killed him, but probably a group of people who found him. I think that he was probably put to death quickly opposed to tortured. I think by this point, Che was already dead inside. After his physical appearance and transformation, he was no longer Che Guevara, but a radical that was so consumed with his work that he lost track of his own identity.