Colombia and Venezuela

"Revolution is impersonal; it will take their lives, even utilizing their memory as an example or as an instrument for domesticating the youth who follow them." (164)

You will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle..." (164)

"...the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions." (164)

"I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I would be with the people." (164)

"I feel my nostrils dilate, savoring the acrid smell of gunpowder and blood, the enemy's death; I steel my boy, ready to do battle, and prepare myself to be a sacred space within which the bestial howl of the triumphant proletariat can resound with new energy and new hope." (165)



The picture above alludes to the first and last quotes because Che is very prepared to fight for his beliefs, just like the soldiers shown from the movie 300. Both the army in the movie and Che were very determined to protect their countries and their ways of life from being overtaken by invading groups of people. This image is parallel to these quotations for its depiction of determination and willingness to conserve a group of people.



The picture above is from the Dr. Seuss story The Sneetches in which there are two groups of Sneetches that live completely divided because the star-bellied sneetches feel that they are superior to the non-star bellied sneetches. This picture alludes to the fourth quotation in which Che talks about humanity being divided into two antagonistic halves. The Sneetches' greed clearly inhibits their development and further divides them as a species, which is parallel to the situation that Che tries to correct in Latin America.