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    Motorcycle Diaries Directed by Walter Salles As most potential viewers know‚ this film is based on diaries and letters to home written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a motorcycle and foot tour of a significant portion of South America during the early 1950s‚ years before Guevara achieved international renown as a Communist and Latino revolutionary. Thus‚ the film functions as an attempt to get at the heart of the person who preceded the myth. The film is therefore difficult to judge as pure

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    Motorcycle Diaries and Life of Pi Future is a mystery‚ is like a baby that is still in her/his mother belly‚ you know is there but you don’t know how he/she looks like. Motorcycle Diaries and Life of Pi teach us that there is a world out there that we don’t know about and sometimes we have to break the rules of life‚ family and even religion to survive and make things happen. Someone once said "the worst things in life come for free to us". "You gotta fight for every breath and tell death

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    into a film‚ especially if it is a personal diary of one of the most important people in Cuba’s history. Regardless of the content‚ a director and screenwriter must take in consideration the way that they are portraying a true story and how they accurate they are. If they stray too far away from the source material‚ the film becomes a fiction and unreliable. In Walter Salles’s case with his 2004 biopic about Ernesto “Che” Guevara the Motorcycle Diaries‚ he chooses to tell it exactly how Guevara did

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    The Motorcycle Diaries has evident features of ‘construction of nation’. The main character Che Guevara is one of the most significant figure in Latin American history and he actually regained the Cuban nation from the dictatorship. Hence‚ featuring him would already give a sense of revolution and independence from domination. Although‚ the young Che Guevara is not the revolutionist ‘Che’ yet in the film; he is just a medical student Ernesto. Through the journey‚ he finds the reality of the Latin

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    Che Guevara’s ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ and George Orwell’s ‘A Hanging’ are two different texts which both display the concept that discoveries require individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a new understanding of the world. Guevara’s discoveries of the poverty and social injustices within South America resulted in a disapproval of the social systems of Latin America and an obligation to bring change‚ while his discoveries of the sublimity of nature also resulted in a renewed appreciation

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    David Ferstand 7/29/2009 The History of “Ducati” In the world of motorcycles there is a specific breed of motorcycles known as superbikes. Each breed of superbike has a rich racing history that was influenced by great designers and competition. Despite minor setbacks superbikes have dominated the world of sport bikes and lead to the development of race-inspired motorcycles. Ducati‚ one of the biggest leaders in the world of superbike competition has a very interesting line of history

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    Is there always a question you get asked but have no idea how to answer? One question that just about all motorcycle riders struggle to answer‚ is “why?” The question is almost inevitable and always followed by some horrific motorcycle accident that some person’s ex-brother-in-law’s best friend was in. When it does come about‚ the answer always comes to mind immediately. Yet right when it is about to roll off the tongue‚ a blank is drawn and then an “uhh” or “well” results. After some wandering eyes

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    Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. Bikers’ saying 1. Introduction. The motorcycle‚ since its inception‚ has always been more than transportation. Because it takes place in public space‚ and because‚ in developed nations‚ it’s no longer essential as an economic form of transportation‚ it’s become a sport as well. As a result‚ it’s always been iconic‚ even over-encoded‚ so the mere fact of riding is at once an activity and a performance. Its essence

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    their prices at the surface level? Thesis Statement: This essay seeks the comparison of cars and motorcycles. II. DEVELOPMENT Comparison a) Both cars and motorcycles are vehicles for transporting one or more persons. b) Both cars and motorcycles need fuel. Fuel serves a vital art in both cases as it supplies the energy required are the engines to work properly. c) Both cars and motorcycle use wheel made of rubber tires. Contrast a) Cars are very expensive while motor cycles

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    ------------------------------------------------- Motorcycles are Safer than Cars Everyone knows that in a crash motorcycle riders usually come off worse than car drivers. Riders avoid some problems‚ like being trapped in a burning or sinking car‚ but in general an accident that dents a car can put a motorcyclist in hospital. However motorcycle fear is often based on rumor or reports‚ not actual experience. It is guilt by association. Guilt by Association A friend once told me she didn’t like motorcycles as her brother was

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