Summary of The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries is a memoir written by Ernesto Guevara, later known as Che Guevara, chronicling his journey across South America with his friend Alberto Granado. The journey began in 1951, when Guevara and Granado, both medical students, set off from Buenos Aires on a 500cc Norton motorcycle to explore South America. Throughout the journey, Guevara and Granado experience the immense poverty, social injustice, and inequality that permeated Latin America at the time, and the experience profoundly affected Guevara's worldview and would eventually lead him to become a revolutionary. The Motorcycle Diaries is an inspiring story of two young men's journey of self-discovery and commitment to social justice.