Peru Diction Quiz

Che’s travels through Peru were not unlike the other places that he traveled to. During this section Che focused extensively on the culture and history of Peru and the native peoples of Peru. Their journey through Peru started out just like their journeys through Argentina and Chile, very carefree and not quite sure of where or how they would end up. They soon realized that it was slightly harder to get free stuff such as shelter and food than it had been in other countries. They were AFFRONTED many times when people tried to charge them for a ride. They came upon the Civil Union, and road in a truck with them throughout a good part of Peru. When Che and Alberto were in Juliaca they were speaking to a drunken sergeant and he was EVOKING anger from Alberto and the sergeant ended up causing some type of damage to the wall. The civilians in the bar blamed it on Alberto and one lady said, “These Argentines think they own everything” (page 101). This was one of the first incidents in which Che and Alberto were not embraced and were shown disrespect for being foreigners. After this incident they continued on their journey. Che kept mentioning how cold it was and how with each DAUNTING peak that they climbed they got colder and colder. Che describes the PLACID Lake Titicaca and his sail around the lake that means so much to the Incan culture. The men soon arrived at the IDYLLIC city of Cuzco in which Che spent a lot of time describing. He stated that it was the perfect city and kept describing how much it had to offer. He stated that there are three Cuzcos, “But there are 2 or 3 Cuzcos, or it’s better to say, 2 or 3 ways the city can be summoned…This is the Cuzco inviting you to become a warrior and to defend, club in hand, the freedom and life of the Inca…This Cuzco invites you to be a hesitant tourist, to pass over things superficially and relax into the beauty beneath a leaden winter sky… This is the Cuzco asking you to pull on your armor and, mounted on the ample back of a powerful horse, cleave a path through the defenseless flesh of a naked Indian flock whose human wall collapses and disappears beneath the 4 hooves of the galloping beast.” (Page 103/104). As much time as Che spent describing the city of Cuzco itself, he also spent describing the lives of the natives of Cuzco, the Incas. He described them as natives who were mysterious, intelligent, and pure experts when it came to living off of what they had. He described the ENIGMATIC Incan RELIC called Machu Picchu, of which to this day the real reason behind it is unclear. Machu Picchu was built on top of a high peak in the Peruvian Andes and many theories try to explain the reason for its existence. Che explained both the religious argument and the defense argument. Che and Alberto continue on their journey, and it seems as though they see greater amounts of poverty in Peru than anywhere else. They learn about the Peruvian Indian way of life and its faulty education system, as well as BESTIAL treatment of the Indians. As their journey continues Che describes how he and Alberto got their way to get free food and shelter down to a science. They called it the “anniversary routine” in which they were able to cop people out of food and into giving them a place to stay for the night. One of their final stops in Peru was to the San Pablo leper colony. In a letter Che wrote to his father he described the way that helping these people makes him feel, as though he is the greatest man in the world. The said that the way they look at him with INTERMINABLE gratefulness that he looked past their LESIONS and treated the as human beings was the best reward that he could of received. The lepers were used to being treated ABHORRENTLY, and they embraced Che and Alberto for treating them kindly. Their journey through Peru ended with them boarding the Mambo-Tango raft on the Amazon en route to Colombia.