Che in Chile

"There we made friends with a married couple, Chilean workers who were communists." (pg 77)
"It's a great pity that they repress people like this. Apart from whether collectivism, the 'communist vermin,' is a danger to decent life, the communism gnawing at his entrails was no more than a natural longing for something better, a protest against persistent hunger transformed into love for this strange doctrine, whose essence he could never grasp but whose translation, 'bread for the poor,' was something which he understood and, more importantly filled him with hope." (pg 78)

I think these two quotes from the book show significant events in Chile that helped to later shape him as the Che we are more familiar with. I think that by meeting the communist couple and speaking with them and spending time with them it opened his eyes to a communist lifestyle. I also think the man some what inspired him to go in that direction as well. He saw hope in his eyes for something better as well as loyalty to that lifestyle which could have helped Che to choose the communist path, then to improve it later on with the help ad guidance of Fidel Castro and the communist Cuban people.