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Friday, April 23, 2010

Diarios de Motocicleta

What scene(s) of the film display experiences that possibly helped shape his personality as a future leader ?
First of all this film was very touching. I enjoyed this film. It made me laugh and cry. I love to see transformation or eye openers in peoples perceptions. We see two men have a dream, take a journey, and become different. It seems that they both have came from families that were not poor and showed them love and support. Ernesto must have already been kind hearted to want to have been a doctor. Ernesto and Alberto had a lot of courage to take this trip on "the mighty one". I thought it was amazing that they use the motorcycle. They went through so much more taking a bike. They had to endure the seasons changing on that bike. Ernesto was twenty three went the film started so I don't think he knew a lot about life or the world. As he was on his journey I think he became a man. When they had nothing they still found a way to survive. After he left Chinchila it made me sad. I didn't think she would wait for him. He seamed to love her more than she did. I can't believe that he never used the 15 dollars she gave him to buy her panties with when he desperately needed it. Ernesto was honest with people he met like when he told the man that he should see a special doctor after he examined the mans neck.
Ernesto and Albert saw so much injustice towards many people. They listened to the peoples stories. When they met the couple and heard their stories you could see the compassion that Ernesto felt for them. When he gave the woman his coat it was touching. When I found out later in the film that he had given the couple the 15 dollars he was keeping I knew he was a great man. Chinchila missed out!
When they finally made it to the leopard colony was were I saw the biggest humanitarian views that Ernesto had. He could not stand the way the sick were separated. He would not use gloves when touching them. He made them feel good and treated them like normal people. His compassion and kindness made them love him. When he broke the mother superiors rule about not getting food with attending mass the sick stole food to feed him. It seem to be a way for them to thank him. During the party he made his speech and he was touched by all the kindness that was shown to them. It was amazing when he swam across the river to spend his last night with the sick.
At the end of the film he said he was no longer who he was inside. He grew from his encounters and could not ignore the wrongs that were going on around him. Although this happened before my time and I don't know a whole lot about Cuba's history I'm sure he made a difference to many people.

2 comments:

  1. Great posting, I am curious, what particular part of the movie made you cry? and why?

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  2. Oh by the way, this is a great film! I definitely agree with you!

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