{"id":29,"date":"2019-11-25T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T22:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/?p=29"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T22:22:06","slug":"short-research-assignment-source-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/2019\/11\/25\/short-research-assignment-source-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Research Assignment: Source 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the letters written from Che Guevara to Carlos Quijano, we see Guevara\u2019s ideas of revolution in the lens of socialism and capitalism and the balance that plays between these two during the Cuban Revolution. In the eyes of Guevara, socialism is the ideal regime due to the liberty of self expression that it offers to the people. Guevara starts his letters by introducing Fidel Castro as the early leader of the Revolution. He continues by explaining the structured relationship with the masses, a \u201cpersonage that systemically repeats itself\u201d (Guevara 260) throughout the Cuban Revolution. Guevara uses metaphorical language to describe Castro\u2019s captivating presence to the masses as a \u201cdialogue of growing intensity which reaches its culminating point in an abrupt ending crowned by our victorious battle cry,\u201d (Guevara 261).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Guevara continues in his letters, he speaks of the society being self-educated and the process that the individual must go through in order to build up to a socialist regime. While it is a long road to becoming the \u201cnew man\u201d, as the \u201cchange in consciousness does not come about automatically,\u201d (Guevara 266). An interesting addition to Guevara\u2019s letters is the discussion of Art as playing a significant role in the socialist regime, as socialist realism was \u201cborn on the foundation of the art of the last century,\u201d (Dawson 268). He speaks about 19th century art, although he believes that this time period in class art had more of a capitalist undertone than anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

To conclude his letters, Guevara provides a few statements to give to his readers, one of the most important being: \u201cWe socialists are more free because we are more fulfilled; we are more fulfilled because we are more free,\u201d (Dawson 271). The path to revolution is one that is long and foreign, in a sense. As the last sentence of his letters, Guevara writes \u201cPATRIA O MUERTE\u201d meaning \u2018Fatherland or Death\u2019, finishing his letter as a<\/span><\/p>\n

Che Guevara\u2019s letters are a useful tool for our project, as it provides an overlook and first hand perspective on Guevara\u2019s political beliefs. A key concept in his letters is the process of becoming what he calls the \u201cnew man\u201d. His letters are almost a how-to guide to the revolution, including essential concepts in transforming the individual\u2019s habits into the \u201cnew man\u201d. His letters are also an explanation behind the beginning of a revolution in Cuba, starting with Fidel Castro\u2019s rise to power. What is interesting to note, is that Guevara successfully focuses on Castro\u2019s positive traits, for instance, maintaining a good relationship with his supporters. What Guevara fails to mention is the correlation between Fidel Castro\u2019s rise to power and the millions of women who lost their jobs and were dominated by the patriarchy and masculine figures.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the letters written from Che Guevara to Carlos Quijano, we see Guevara\u2019s ideas of revolution in the lens of socialism and capitalism and the balance that plays between these two during the Cuban Revolution. In the eyes of Guevara, socialism is the ideal regime due to the liberty of self expression that it offers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67567,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lauravlast100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}