R.I.P. La Poderosa. La Poderosa means the might one. Alberto loved this peice of crap, the Norton 500. It is so funny that he insists on toting it around for so long after it is dead. He brings it on the truck that him and Che travel on in exchange for helping the family move furniture. How long did he have the motorcycle? The book does not say. But, at some point, Alberto has to get rid of the motorcycle in order for him and Che to be able to afford to move on... and pay back good hospitality.
The journey on foot seems grotesque. Hard in the desserts. Yet, I guess they deffinatly meet more people that way.
I wish I understood politics. I am not ignorarnt to what is going on in the world, just somewhat confused. Is it a lack of effort to learn political terms or do reasearch so I understand the "old- man jokes"? Maybe. The book is comming to a point where Che shoes his government- involved, political, revolutionary side. And, I thought I would enjoy reading it. But, I am lost... confused. I do not know who the people he refrences to are. Even if you took A.P. Gov or A.P. World History, I don't think you would even have a clue who Arturo Matte Larrain is. Did I google it to find out? No. I thought I enjoyed reading about ideas and philosophies. But this is like political philosophy. I am totally ignorant, oblivious to what he is talking about. Great. I am offiicially unable to love this book as much as I loved the movie.
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