Desde el primer momento en que comienza la segunda parte del libro de Anderson encontramos a un personaje nuevo: el Che.
Se radicaliza:
"To Ernesto, people were no longer just people; each person represented a place within the overall scheme of things, a framework for which had lodged itself convincingly in his mind. [...] To him, reality was now a matter of black and white, [...] His conviction that what he was doing had a historic imperative allowed him to be a judge and he now viewed people, for the most part, as either friends or enemies"
Más aún:
"... conscious of his role as an architect of Cuba's new official history, Che gave each individual totemistic significance as a representative of the values to be cherished or vilified in the 'new' Cuba. [...] There was a Calvinistic zeal evident in Che's persecution of those who had strayed from the 'right path'. He had wholeheartedly embraced 'la revolución' as the ultimate embodiment of history's lessons and the correct path to the future. Now, convinced he was right, he looked around with an inquisitor's eye for those who might endanger its survival"
Tras este maniqueísmo no es difícil entrever al niño que tuvo que luchar no ya sólo contra sus limitaciones físicas sino también contra la limitación de carácter paterna:
"Che's deeply felt desire to rid himself of his 'I' and to become part of a group derived from the inherent isolation imposed by his asthma"
Anderson analiza muy bien el proceso por el se desarrolla la composición social del Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio. El Che contempla en todo momento con desagrado a los jóvenes procedentes de las clases urbanas medias-altas altamente idealistas y profundamente anticomunistas:
"Che already viewed Fidel's July 26 colleagues as hopelessly bound by their middle-class upbringings and privileged educations to timid notions of what their struggle should achieve"
A diferencia del Che,
"... most saw themselves as fighting to oust a corrupt dictatorship and to replace it with a conventional Western democracy"
Y así escribió en su diario:
"I discovered the evident anticommunist inclinations of most of them."
Más adelante, a medida que la campaña pasa por etapas más duras, se incorporan nuevos grupos de voluntarios:
"... youth romantically attracted to the cause due to the rebels' spreading publicity"
aun cuando para el Che estaba claro que:
"... the revolution was not going to be won by an idealized fraternity of high-minded souls. Among the rebel ranks were any number of scoundrels: former rustlers, fugitive murderers, juvenile delinquents, and marijuana traffickers."
En esas circunstancias
"Che had fought hard to obtain recognition for his abilities, and the process had matured him."de modo que:
"Che had shown he could be a leader of men."
En el proceso ha desaparecido Ernesto Guevara:
"... one of the most remarkable aspects of his diary of the time is the almost total lack of personal details or introspection, especially when compared to the self-absorption of the vagabond Ernesto just a few short years before."
Parece que todo su sentimentalismo lo vuelca en la misión de guía, leader de la Revolución:
"Each sanction he meted out came with an explanation, a sermon about the importance of self-sacrifice, personal example, and social conscience. He wanted them to know why they were being punished, and how they could redeem themselves. (...) Che was their guide and teacher, a role model to emulate and live up to, and in time they wanted to believe whatever he believed in."
A lo largo de toda la campaña revolucionaria ha nacido el Che Guevara y lo ha hecho a costa de la disciplina espartana que se imponía a sí mismo para superar sus limitaciones y llegar a ser el ideal que él mismo fue construyendo en los años precedentes. Sin embargo sigo viendo al Ernesto frustrado que lucha por alcanzar el reconocimiento de la figura paterna. Es Fidel, claramente con su gran habilidad de leader, quien ocupa la posición:
"Che was extremely sensitive to Fidel's approval and anxious to retain his status as a member of his inner circle."
Para mí, su padre era fuente de orgullo y frustración a un tiempo. Era débil, desde su punto de vista. Nunca logró actuar con un criterio y su vida fue una cadena de fracasos. Ernesto quería superar ese lastre. Pero al mismo tiempo era su padre y necesitaba su reconocimiento. Creo que Ernesto percibía que su padre nunca fue capaz de valorar en toda su dimensión sus méritos o deméritos, quizás en parte porque no se encontraba a la misma altura que su hijo.
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