Some say he is a hero, some say he is delusional, some say he is a tyrant. A thousand readers have a thousand Hamlet. To me, he was a god-like existence; to me, he is the young man on the road.
A few days ago, I saw a reply from God, asking: Is it better to use tuition to study or travel around the world? Why? Answer: study. Because without sufficient knowledge as a premise, even if you travel thousands of miles, you are just a postman.
At the age of 23, it is the time when a person's worldview and values are formed. The 23-year-old Guevara, who does not have many subsequent titles, is an ordinary medical student. What awaits him is a 8,000-kilometer journey across the Latin American continent, and what awaits him is a fifteen-year legend.
Physically, he was a weak man, and asthma was with him all his life. But he is an amateur footballer and a walker who has covered 8,000 kilometers on a motorcycle and on his feet. Suffering and physical flaws in life are not a bad thing, on the contrary, they will eventually become the most powerful footnotes in a great life. Because the strong are born with strength, they lose their reverence for strength; while the weak understand the value of strength, love and compassion, which is why heroes become heroes.
Real travel always makes people grow, rugged mountain roads, dying old people, running cattle, displaced couples of miners, majestic Machu Picchu and Inca ruins, quarantined lepers, these are the real Latin America, not Latin America on the books. On the night of his 24th birthday, when he jumped into the Amazon and swam to the other side, he also swam to freedom. Guevara, who has overcome both physical and psychological fears, is no longer confused, because he knows his mission, as Stephen Zweig said: "The greatest luck in a person's life is no more than in the middle of his life, namely He found his calling in his youth." When all the people he met during his travels turned into black-and-white photos, the idealist embarked on another journey that was even greater and more difficult.
For most Chinese audiences, Latin America is just a vague concept, and Che Guevara is just a symbolic figure in the impression, but these are not important, just like the reason for the existence of Batman, I will omit it here. Modification: The meaning of the existence of characters like Guevara is to exchange legendary stories for real heroes. This may be the greatest thing a symbolic character can do.
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