Entry #5, Pages 115-145 of The Motorcycle Diaries

Author: Theo Vancraeynest

Date: 1/3/12

Title: Entry #5, Pages 115-145 of The Motorcycle Diaries

During Che and Alberto’s trip, the two of them encounter an Indian man who is accused of murder. The two of them think the accusation is false, and that the person who is more likely to have committed the crime is the mulatto man who reported it. Che and Alberto think this because the mulatto had “a much more murderous aspect then the Indian” (128). Why do Che and Alberto find the mulatto to be the more dangerous looking of the two? Is it because of the way he acts in the brief time they see him, or is this based off of his skin. Or, is it neither, and is Che merely not accepting that the Indian could be a murderer because the Indians suffer so much in Peru?

Also during their journey, Che and Alberto are helped by many people, but perhaps the most remarkable case of them being helped is when the patients of a hospital they visit give them 100 ½  soles for their journey (137) . Patients who spend most of their money for treatment in unsanitary hospitals (87, 122, 123) are willing to give to those who they feel deserve it, while the people who live privileged lives treat those beneath them like dirt (124). Why is this?  Is it human nature? One more thing I must mention, I feel it would be redundant to ask if this will play a major role later on in the last parts of the book.

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