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    Che Guevara The Major Figure of the Cuban Revolution I. Introduction A. Significance of the Subject B. Purpose and plan of the paper C. Thesis Statement: Che Guevara’s actions were driven by his two-sided mind. Che was a good-minded revolutionist with evil actions. II. Che Guevara’s starting ideas and believes A. Changes in his world views B. First ideas III. The beginning of the revolution A. Che’s impact on the revolution B. Che’s part of the rebel army C. Che’s

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    Che Guevara As A Hero

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    Che Guevara was considered a hero by many and a villain by others, he has had an eventful life filled with both good and bad things, resulting in multiple historical perspectives on who he is, with a variety of opinions on who he truly was, behind the generally assumed charismatic appearance. Whether or not he was a hero is an important debate and depends on your personal decision by weighing the facts of all sides while acknowledging that these positions do exist. Che is primarily portrayed as

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    it turns out, quite a bit. Che Guevara, the aforementioned revolutionary, was a rallying call for the American college students involved in these protests. The college students saw him as a manifestation of justice martyred and saw his beliefs as aligning with their own. During the 1960s and into the 1970s, protests occurring on American college campuses created an atmosphere of rebellion. College students wanted a symbol to represent this spirit, so they chose Che Guevara, despite the fact that he

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    Che Guevara was a doctor, a Marxist revolutionary, and to this day a now known cultural pop icon who is recognized around the world. During Guevara’s early life, he was raised in an upper-middle-class family and excelled in school; Guevara graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. While Guevara was in school, he traveled to areas in South America where poverty was present. While Guevara was traveling, he noticed people working on the farms and living on the streets and blamed it on capitalism

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    Ernesto Guevara commonly known all over the world as Che Guevara was an Argentine medical practitioner turned Marxist. Che became influential in the Cuban revolution during the 1950s. Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario located in the Eastern Argentinean province of Santa Fe. He was the oldest of the four siblings; his parents, Ernesto Guevara Lynch who was a part-Irish Engineer, and his mother, Celia de la Serna were prominently rich individuals who held left wing political views. Che

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    Che Guevara is a name that is celebrated throughout Latin America. It is a name synonymous with revolution across the world. When people hear the name they immediately think of anarchy or rebellion and picture in their mind the iconic photo of the revolutionist in his beret. But who was Che Guevara really? Was he really the man everyone thinks he was? Was he the romanticized hero that everyone thinks? Pictures of his famous photo plaster walls throughout Latin American cities and posters hang in

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    triumph.” (4:1) Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born and raised in Argentina on June 14, 1928. (1:2) While growing up he observed poverty in the masses and realized that the only solution lay within violent revolution. (2:2) Che Guevara should be considered a leader and legacy because he was an important part of the Cuban revolution, defined Cuba’s policies and his own views through many speeches and writings, and aided liberation movements around South America. Ernesto Guevara was an important part

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    Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina on 14 June 1929. He was the eldest of five children. He began school at home and was taught to read and write by his mother. He enrolled in primary school and he became a very good athlete. He went to high school at Colegio Nacional Dean Funes. In 1946, his family moved to Buenos Aires and he began medical school. In 1952, Ernesto began his journey through South America, accompanied by his friend

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    revolutionary, Che Guevara, by omitting his fatal flaws and by turning his image into one of positivity and chic revolution. Che has become a pop culture icon through his image appearing on t-shirts, paintings and other popular media. While the trend is a familiar one in Cuba, where his original supporters come from, it has become a western norm. Many people will support Che through purchasing products in relation to him without knowing about him, or what he stands for. Although Che was a heroic

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    great Che Guevara once said “Silence is a continuation of dispute by other means”. Born in 1928, and executed in 1968, the Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, and military theorist still holds a large public interest to this day. Holding a major role in the Cuban revolution, Che Guevara is a controversial figure, but fixed a majority of problems Cuba was facing in the mid 1900’s involving starvation and a deteriorating government system. Throughout his 39 years of life, Che Guevara faced

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