The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries versus End of Watch In this essay, we will be comparing the similarities and differences in two films: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) by Director Walter Salles, and End of Watch (2012) by director David Ayer. The genres of the two films are similar yet different. The Motorcycle Diaries is a biographical drama about the journey and written memoir of Ernesto Guevara. In the movie Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) travels through Latin America with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De La Serna). Together, the witness great disparities in South America and because of this Ernesto’s values in life change. End of Watch is a crime drama, in this film LAPD partners and friends (street cops) Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Mike…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 biography film that follows the life of communist revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in his early twenties, specifically his 1952 journey traveling across South America on a motorcycle with his best friend Alberto Granado. Both the book & film is a favorite of mine because it has inspired me to pursue my dreams of seeing the world and by doing so; my views on life have evolved as well. I believe that The Motorcycle Diaries conveys a message that everyone…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a film set in 1952 which followed 23 year-old Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (also called Fuser) who was on break before returning to his last semester of medical school and his friend Alberto Granado (nicknamed Mial) who was a 29 year-old biochemist. This film was based on the diaries of Guevara and provides an account of an 8,000 km motorcycle journey to see as much of the continent of South America in the few months before returning to complete college. The trip would…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a movie based on the actual diary entries of Ernesto Guevara, an Argentinian medical student, who with his older friend, Alberto Granado, a biochemist, go on an adventure, across Latin America, in hopes of seeking fun, but also to accomplish their goal of helping out in a leper colony. The movie begins with Ernesto Guevara being restless and in dire need of a break from medical school. His friend, Alberto Grenada, is also in the same position as Ernesto, but is anxious…

Through discovery, we are changed, no matter the size and extremity. Our discoveries shape our values and beliefs. This changes the way we view people and the emotions we feel towards them. It also changes the significance that places have on us and what they represent to us. Through reading The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and The Big World by Tim Winton we are able to observe this change. In Che’s case, it shapes his entire life Through discoveries, we are able to connect with…

life we are filled with revelation as we are exposed to the ever-changing world, with this we are incited to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually, developing new ideas and perspectives. * Introduce texts: Ernesto Che Guevara’s memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries first published in 1995 follows his journey through Latin America, with idealistic revelations, Guevara challenges the reader to accept his changing perspective of society through personal interactions with…

An important image in the film The Motorcycle Diaries is when Che jumps into the river which separates the Leper colony from the land of the normal inhabitants. He swims from the island where there’s a party on his birthday to the Leper colony to celebrate his birthday with the individuals who have leprosy. He attempts to overcome the stigma imposed by society of isolating the individuals with leprosy as they were infected with an ugly disease. From the moment that Che arrives at the leper…

The notion of discovery is inherently associated with human experiences, and is a gradual process in which an individual’s identity is developed, resulting in shifting perspectives. This is epitomised in Che Guevara’s memoir The Motorcycle Diaries (Diaries) [1995] which utilises aspects of the hero’s journey in its construction to highlight the significance of the outcome of discovery and the varied interpretations it may instigate. Similarly, David Fincher’s Fight Club [1999] conveys the…

Discovery involves complex paths, decisions, choices, and varying points of view; though the actual discovery is important, the path that is taken, the journey to make a discovery is what forms the impact and importance. In his diary, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara remarks on how much he had changed over the course of his trip without even realising it. While reflecting he notes what changed him in the journey and encourages the audience to notice the changes as well. The War of the Worlds, illustrates…

When an individual’s assumptions are challenged by significant discoveries, their lives are often transformed. This perspective is represented throughout Ernesto Che Guevara’s eclectic memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries, which details his arguably metamorphic journey through Latin America in the early 1950s and the diverse discoveries he makes, which are personal and political in their nature. Guevara’s varied and confronting encounters throughout his travels challenge his preconceived views of…