Motorcycle Diaries

In Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the jaunty bikers turn into benevolent bystanders of mankind along the direction of this pilgrimage, thus bringing the determination of the adventure to completion, at least in hindsight. The ardor and the benevolence shine through the whole text and an inexperienced aspiration galvanizes it, and that is a part of its continuing allure. What is to be said, it is the setting of the story that the readers are capable of observing the metamorphosis of young Ernesto, which can be seen in Ernesto’s writing when he finishes the whole journey, in Valparaiso when he sees a poor woman, and in Antofagasta when he is a stowaway. First of all, the readers are anticipated to have a glimpse at the transformation in the very beginning of the story, and this is how Che saw the journey as he looked back on it: “The person who wrote these notes passed away the moment his feet touched Argentine soil again. The person who reorganizes and polishes them, me, is no longer, at least I am not the person I once was. All this wandering around “Our America with a capital A” has changed me more than I thought.” (36) And, Dr Carter comments on this, “From the very beginning we are presented with a dual personality:”Che” the would-be revolutionary and “Ernesto” the boy…” (169) So, he is basically telling us that all the places he had seen transformed him
The two leave Valparaiso for Antofagasta by sea as stowaways on the ship San Antonio. He says, “There we understood that our vocation, our true vocation, was to move for eternity along the roads and seas of the world. Always curious, looking into everything that came before our eyes, sniffing out each corner but only ever faintly -not setting down roots in any land or staying long enough to see the substratum of things: the outer limits would suffice.”