Che Guevara: Reviled and Revered
Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child, he was plagued with asthma but was still able to distinguish himself as an athlete while in school by being strenuously active. Che was well educated and was politically active through high school due to his early political influences of his family. He graduated with honors from his high school and later attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he would study medicine. When on a trip during college, when on a trip with his friend Alberto Granado to South America, Guevara …show more content…
Guevara was intelligent and knew how to win support from the people, and felt he had been called to leadership by what he had seen while on his trip in South America, and was committed to the justice of …show more content…
He thought he could bring what he had learned while in power with the Castros and bring it to other parts of the Americas. He traveled to Bolivia where the people were suffering under a cruel dictator, in a situation similar to Cuba's. Che tried to lead the people through guerilla warfare, but his attempts were unsuccessful and ended up leading to his capture, and assassination. Che was captured on October 8, 1967, by the Bolivian army after a firefight broke out in a village.He was interrogated but refused to give any information. Che's reportedly last words were,"I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."Che knew what would come. He was not afraid, he had accepted his
Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child, he was plagued with asthma but was still able to distinguish himself as an athlete while in school by being strenuously active. Che was well educated and was politically active through high school due to his early political influences of his family. He graduated with honors from his high school and later attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he would study medicine. When on a trip during college, when on a trip with his friend Alberto Granado to South America, Guevara …show more content…
Guevara was intelligent and knew how to win support from the people, and felt he had been called to leadership by what he had seen while on his trip in South America, and was committed to the justice of …show more content…
He thought he could bring what he had learned while in power with the Castros and bring it to other parts of the Americas. He traveled to Bolivia where the people were suffering under a cruel dictator, in a situation similar to Cuba's. Che tried to lead the people through guerilla warfare, but his attempts were unsuccessful and ended up leading to his capture, and assassination. Che was captured on October 8, 1967, by the Bolivian army after a firefight broke out in a village.He was interrogated but refused to give any information. Che's reportedly last words were,"I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."Che knew what would come. He was not afraid, he had accepted his