Bio and Intro Post

From this type of book, I would expect Che to express his observations much more than his opinions. In order to best communicate the effect of his journey, Che will probably describe the landscape and the people he encounters in great detail throughout the book, and through the observations he chooses to express, the readers will be able to see his growth through his discoveries. In the end of the book, Che will probably be slightly more straightforward with his opinions, but throughout a majority of the book his opinions will probably be kept more subtle.
In The Great Gatsby and Invisible Man, Ellison and Fitzgerald wrote the story based on how they wanted the protagonists to grow, but in this case, the plot and the course of the novel will dictate how the protagonist grows. In this book, each event may not have as much significance as in the previous two novels that we have read this year, but instead, some events may be less important and only minor contributers to his growth in the long run.
The first preface by Che's daughter expressed a lot more pride and admiration for her father as a young man; however, his wife chose to take a much more neutral stance in writing the second preface. Hers was much shorter and much more objective, expressing only a summary of what will happen in the book and how his character changes instead of incorporating her own opinion and relating the book to her own knowledge of Che.

TMD Preface Comparison

Although Ralph Ellison and F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels were clearly influenced by many aspects of their lives, the way that society was changing at the time had the biggest impact on their writing. Both authors had something to criticize about the lifestyle of their time period. In Fitzgerald's case, this was the carefree, lavish lifestyle of the rich, and in Ellison's case, the subject of criticism was racism and the severe lack of equality. The most useful research prior to reading a novel will most likely be about what was unique about society in the time period in which the book was written. It is likely that based on this knowledge, the reader will be able to anticipate what the author has to criticize about his surroundings, and the reader will also be able to determine how much truth is in the author's opinion.