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I have to write a bio on a 20th century political figure, so i chose, you guessed it, El Che. I think i have it under control but feedback would still be greatly appreciated... Anyone have any ideas? Anything i absolutely have to include?
(Edited by bleed3r at 4:41 pm on June 3, 2002)
[i]"Life was not a valuable gift, but death was. Life was a fever-dream made up of joys embittered by sorrows, pleasure poisoned by pain; a dream that was a nightmare-confusion of spasmodic and fleeting delights, ecstasies, exultations, happine
You should talk about his post mortem conversion from a Revolutionary and a Communist to a pop icon and a symbol of teen rebellion (esp. in the states). Also talk about his particular style of Marxism and theories of world revolution.
BTW, what requirements do you have to meet with this paper, if any?
\"Ultimately, all true revolutionaries are motivated by love.\"--Che
Make sure you make the point that he was assassinated illegally by the US trained bolivians, after he was in captivity. In other words, he was killed for his ideas.
Make sure you note that he wrote a great deal and was published on many topics (refer to Amazon.com for all the listings)
Some of the info that malte has on the Che-lives wesite is also useful and I also find the Argentinian Che websites good if you don't mind slogging thru Spanish.
Let us be judged by how we treat the least among us....Supermodel, rubia y descamisada...
Well, he was executed. He wasnt given a trial if thats what you mean. And he was killed for being today's equivelance of a terrorist, not just because of his ideas.
\"Ultimately, all true revolutionaries are motivated by love.\"--Che
Only requirements for the paper are that it must be based on a 20th century political figure who changed the world in some way... I believe Che has done plenty of this, both as a hero to those who remember what he stood for, and as a liberator for all the people he helped. Well, that and it has to be two pages... haha.. No problem...
Thanks guys for the ideas, I'll definitely include them, and I'll post it here when I'm done if either of you would be interested.
`drew
[i]"Life was not a valuable gift, but death was. Life was a fever-dream made up of joys embittered by sorrows, pleasure poisoned by pain; a dream that was a nightmare-confusion of spasmodic and fleeting delights, ecstasies, exultations, happine
cool
\"Ultimately, all true revolutionaries are motivated by love.\"--Che
2 pages? Poor Che!!
Open the paper with Sartre's quote that Che was "perhaps the most complete human being of our age"
Let us be judged by how we treat the least among us....Supermodel, rubia y descamisada...
Hey all this beats our history, where it is nessacerry to talk on the nazis for two pages!
consider yourself a lucky guy. writing to pages on racist anti jew crap is if anything, boring. but i suppose you have to learn from the lessons that have cropped up throughout history.
good luck
This may be too late but Yeah, it would be very good to link it to present day. His fight was obviously more just than most of the modern day terrorists and real, although under todays new wave of Western Patriotism and racism, he would be a TERRORIST!
\"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.\" -- Dom Helder Camara
How was he killed illegally?
He was murdered without trial while in the custody of the CIA green berets and their trained Bolivian assassins.
“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us.” – Che Guevara
“We still believe that the struggle of Ireland for freedom is a part of the world-wide upward movement of the toilers of the earth, and we still believe that the emancipation of the working class carries within it the end of all tyranny – national, political and social.” – James Connolly
