My Greatest Hero: 2

Che Guevara

Though communism may have lost its fire, he remains the potent symbol of rebellion and the alluring zeal of revolution. Ernesto Guevara, famously known as Che Guevara, was a famous leader and a communist who wanted to eradicate poverty from this earth. His struggle against oppression and tyranny gave him the larger image as the savior of poor.

The story of the obscure Argentine doctor who abandoned his profession and his native land to pursue the emancipation of the poor of the earth is an epic, at least to me. Che, along with his good friend and confidante Fidel Castro and other comrades entered Havana and launched what was to become the first and only victorious socialist revolution in the Americas.

It is true, as Che said, that in a revolution one wins or dies. Many comrades fell along the way to victory but they are the steps to the path of victory, the glorious path of revolution to establish a society of equality and justice.

Che described the revolution as the feeling of fulfilling the most sacred of duties: to fight against imperialism wherever it may be. This is a source of strength, and more than heals the deepest of wounds.

Che, on his letter to his leader Castro said: “I am not sorry that I leave nothing material to my wife and children; I am happy it is that way. I ask nothing for them, as the state will provide them with enough to live on and receive an education”. Soldiers don’t believe in living for themselves or their family but for everyone. They live and die for people who they don’t know or will ever see. How can we describe these great men’s ferocious love for others? Che is a great soldier, an inspirational leader and a famous revolutionist who still lives in many people’s heart as their love for poor.

Che’s valiant words, when he was shot by the imperialists, still echo in all brave men’s heart: "Shoot, coward, you're only going to kill a man".

How many of us are ready to die for what we believe in?