Che's encounter with the asthmatic old lady seemed to prompt the first political rant we get to hear out of Che. His feelings of social injustice in respect to those such as the old lady who can no longer work are first shown here by this quotation. As he says...
"Individuals in poor families who can't pay their way become surrounded by an atmosphere of barely disguised acrimony' they stop being father, mother, sister or brother and become a purely negative factor in the struggle for life and, consequently, a source of bitterness for the healthy members of the community who resent their illness as if it were a personal insult to those who have to support them." (pg 70)
This event obviously influenced Che to start thinking with a communist/socialist frame of mind. Given what we know about Che's future as a socialist reformer, we can safely say that this event accurately shows his future views. This is, perhaps, the beginning of the transformation from the wandering doctor Che to the socialist reformer Che that now plasters counter-culture propaganda across the world.
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