America in Six Words

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Personal Ideology

I personally believe that people should always be themselves and always be honest. I think even if the truth might be hurt it is better to say that because it always comes out in the end and having the trust of other people is more important than making sure you don't hurt their feelings one time or another, I think they appreciate it more knowing whats real to begin with. Also, you should always be yourself, which may change but to not change because of someone else, change because it is in your own best interest.

Voice

Through voice we get a deeper understanding of who Ernesto is.
On page 41 he describes an experience at the hospital, "I made an impressive spectacle: gaunt, flushed, enormous eyes and a ridiculous beard whose shape didn't change much in all the months I wore it."Here he uses good syntax and sentence structure. He used this way to describe how he looked while at the hospital and I think it was very effective in getting across that same image in a little bit of a different way.
On page 47 Ernesto describes a meeting with some of Alberto's friends, " We shared big friendly hugs and wet immediately to celebrate by filling out guts with frothy liquid, as in the dignified practise on such occasions." Here Ernesto uses great diction or word choice to portray this image and I feel he picked powerful words to describe something that in essence is not that interesting of an event but he makes it seem as though it was fun and exciting.

Dear Che,

I just read that "the person who wrote these notes passed away the moment his feet touched Argentine soil again." I was wondering where he went, and what happened to him? Who is it that took his place, who was the person that set foot on Argentine soil? This all makes me wonder how it is that experiences can change people, how one day you could know someone and then a little while later it is as if you've never met them. I would just like some insight on what it was that was moving and life changing, and how the old you passed away and there was a completely different person who returned to Argentina.

Che's Ideology

I think that Che's ideology was very different from Fidel Castro's. I think he truly wanted good for all. I'm not sure which set of beliefs or doctrine may have guided him but it seems as though he had the best of intentions. For example, in the documentary when he made a speech and verbally attacked the Soviet Union for not spreading the wealth with third world countries. It also seems to me that Che thought there had to be a common belief f philosophy to be able to get a large group of people to cooperate and work together to get something done. Although many people have put Che in a category with Joseph Stalin, Hitler, etc. I think that his ideology was very different and that he had good intentions for the people of Cuba unlike the others.

If I were to make a documentary it would be about college sports compared to professional sports. I have always found sports at the college level way more interesting and exciting than that of professionals. I would get background on both levels as well as talk to many different players, coaches, announcers, and fans to see what they have to say. I think this would be relevant to todays audience because there are so many people that are huge sports fans, both professional and college.

My Documentary on Che Guevara

If i were to make a documentary about Ernesto Che Guevara I would cover the major events that happened in his life, things that really effected Cuba. But I only know so much about him so I would have to do a little more investigating on what actually went on during his life time. So my documentary would sort of be like a time line. I would then talk to various people, Cuban citizens , US government officials, representatives for foreign countries that he dealt with, and find their opinion and feelings and views towards him to form somewhat of an opinion and idea of who his is.

ROAD TRIP!

I have been on long car rides before but I don't really think that counts as a road trip. However, I have always wanted to go to Europe. I would love to see England, Germany, France, Italy, etc. I think if i were to plan a road trip I would travel to Europe, by plane obviously, with a couple friends. We would use several means of transportation depending on which city; bus, train, taxi.
It would be really cool to spend a whole summer traveling and visit all of the many historical sights of many of the European countries. A camera would definitely be necessary. Although it wouldn't technically be a road trip, because I think that means traveling solely by automobile, it would be really awesome.

Expectations for The Motorcylce Diaries

Heading into this book I have mixed feelings, obviously after watching the segment of the Glen Beck Show Che Guevara was an awful person, but I have a feeling that reading about him as a younger man might change that a little. Maybe there is a part of him that would make people want to idolize him. Also, I’m kind of interested to learn about how life was during this time, like the history part of it, I think it could be cool. Maybe learning about his life will give insight to understanding why he acted the way he did, it could in some way be justified.

Judging a Book by it's Cover

When I first look at a book some things that catch my eye or that I look out for are the picture on the cover, the title, the font of the title, and if it has won any awards or if it has any reviews. Usually the types of covers that attract my attention are colorful but pretty simple with the title fairly large and in a plain font. I’ve found the way a book looks really affects if I want to read it or not. There isn’t a particular book that sticks out that held my interest the entire time starting with the cover.

Exeucted more in first 3 yrs than in Hitlers first 6?

I think that Glen Beck made a lot of good points. I think it is interesting how he points out how ignorant people in Hollywood are to actual history and facts. They would never wear a shirt with a picture of Stalin or Hitler on it, but essentially this is the same thing. By explaining the things Che Guevara did, like start Cuban labor camps and run all aspects of Cuban prisons Beck further proves how crazy it is that people would show support for such a person. So obviously I agree with his claims, Che Guevara can easily be put in a category with Chavez and Castro and Hitler, and the idea of him being so popular among Hollywood makes no sense what-so-ever. Then again this makes me think, if he really was such an awful person and did all these horrible things, wouldn't more people know about it? Sure there is a lot of information that people are completely ignorant of but something of this magnitude you would think more people would have knowledge of. There must be more to the story than just the claims that Glen Beck made.
The style and voice he uses on his show are very straight-forward and sarcastic. Beck easily makes you think about how absurd the idolizing of Che Guevara is. His tone of voice immediately makes you not want to actually believe what he is saying because you can tell he doesn't actually believe it himself.