The Motorcycle Diaries Flashcards
What are four techniques used in TMD?
Personification
Metaphor
Symbolism
Contrast
Where and when is The Motorcycle Diaries set?
South America in the 1950s
What is TMD quote for symbolism?
“In nine months of a man’s life he can think a lot of things” - so we understand one another
What is TMD quote for personification?
“the communism gnawing at his entrails was no more than a natural longing for something better” - this time, disaster
What is TMD quote for metaphor?
“Crying inconsolably, describing her life as a ‘calvary’” -Huambo
What is the TMD quote for contrast?
“In their comfortable rail coaches could only glean the vaguest idea of the conditions in which the Indians live” -Cuzco straight
What are the three points of historical context for TMD?
Native culture was rich and well structured
Spanish colonize = artifacts destroyed, people forced to change traditional ways
Poverty amongst native people as are excluded from society
What is the meaning of the metaphor “Crying inconsolably, describing her life as a ‘calvary’” -Huambo?
Hill where Jesus crucified➡️shows suffering
Emotionally affected = identify w/ poor
What is the meaning of the personification quote “the communism gnawing at his entrails was no more than a natural longing for something better” - this time, disaster?
Identify w/ communist ideas
Trip purpose changing
What is the meaning of the contrast quote “In their comfortable rail coaches could only glean the vaguest idea of the conditions in which the Indians live” -Cuzco straight?
Contrast b/t the privileged tourists and natives
Injustice fuels his revolution
What is the meaning of the symbolism quote “In nine months of a man’s life he can think a lot of things” - so we understand one another?
Rebirth
Reflection of awareness of how discovery has changed him dramatically
