Why do you consider Che to be great

[El Oso Rojo]

I am doing a paper for my english comp class, i need you to be serious and tone down the sectarnism because this will be in my citation page. Why do you consider Che to be great or why not? Please answer as soon as possible paper due next week!

[Raúl Duke]

Ehh, I don't consider him to be that great...

Although he played a major role in the Cuban Revolution, a revolution that sparked the emancipatory imagination in Latin-America at the time (plus, to some extent, the US's New Left) which led to inspire many guerrilla movements in the region (most were suppressed by US-backed military coup/regimes).

[TheGodlessUtopian]

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In your citation page? Rev-Left testimonies are allowed?

[Raúl Duke]

Well...it's English Comp...

If it was a history course, you bet your ass they won't allow some testimonies from random anonymous people in a message board. They usually only accept academic sources, cited in Turabian ("Chicago Style").

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Well...it's English Comp...

If it was a history course, you bet your ass they won't allow some testimonies from random anonymous people in a message board. They usually only accept academic sources, cited in Turabian ("Chicago Style").

Strange, my English Comp teacher wouldn't allow such, only academic citations and such.

Anyways,that's me,sorry for the derail.

[Art Vandelay]

He was a great military theorist and commander, unfortunately that is about it however.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Tips: look on Marxists Internet Achieve, study some about his life and beliefs.

Will post something more substantial later.

[El Oso Rojo]

Well...it's English Comp...

If it was a history course, you bet your ass they won't allow some testimonies from random anonymous people in a message board. They usually only accept academic sources, cited in Turabian ("Chicago Style").

well for what i am doing yes, its okay. I doing research into why che is iconic.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

He fought for what he believed in(but so did Hitler) and he played a pretty big role in the fight against the class-struggle in south-america. So I think that is why people admire him.

[Raúl Duke]

Strange, my English Comp teacher wouldn't allow such, only academic citations and such.

I go to university in a back-water in Florida...that may account towards a reason why.
Here, Comp is a lower-level course so sometimes professors are really lenient...all they want is for the students to write well not exactly cultivate research skills.

[El Oso Rojo]

He was a great military theorist and commander, unfortunately that is about it however.

how was he a great military theorist in your opinion.

[JAM]

I admire che for what he has done more than for what he has written, although his theoretical work is also valuable. Not every man is at the disposal to give up from his minister and diplomat job to go to Africa's savannas or Bolivian mountains to fight for his cause and ideals.

[Ostrinski]

In order to appreciate the enigma of Che, you have to depoliticize him. He is admired because he fits the bill of the incorruptible idealist archetype. In essence, we admire him for the same reasons everyone else admires people who kill a bunch of folks for the things they believe in.

He was also insane, and that always helps.

[Art Vandelay]

In order to appreciate the enigma of Che, you have to depoliticize him. He is admired because he fits the bill of the incorruptible idealist archetype. In essence, we admire him for the same reasons everyone else admires people who kill a bunch of folks for the things they believe in.

He was also insane, and that always helps.

Elaborate?

[CommieTroll]

I'll always have a lot of respect for that man, he achieved more than most and he didn't just fight for what he believed in, he dedicated and gave his life for his beliefs. He lived and died by the sword. Not too comfortable about his stance on Homosexuality though.

[Ostrinski]

Elaborate?I use the word rather liberally.