This quote talks about how Ernesto feels like many of the poor people are just slipping away because no one cares about them. They don't have a voice. These are the people that Ernesto wants to help.
pg 165 "bloodstained weapon"
This quote is simple. Violence, conflict, struggle, a willingness to do battle are all good interpretations of this quote. Now at the end of the book, the reader can finally see that Ernesto doesn't just want to talk about change; he wants to fight for it.
pg 165 "I feel my nostrils dilate, savoring the acrid smell of gunpowder and blood..."
This quote kind of goes with the one above. It is very descriptive. "gunpowder and blood" is like violence and death. And the word "savoring" means that Ernesto enjoys those smells. He wants to kill for want he believes in.
pg 165 "...prepare myself to be a sacred space within which the bestial howl of the triumphant proletariat ca
n resound with new energy and new hope."This is probably the single most pro-communist quotation in the entire book. Ernesto/Che is pretty much letting the proletariat (working class) know that it is time to rise up and fight to get rid of suppressive capitalist governments. Fight for communism.
You picked out excerpts with a lot of imagery. Especially with the "bloodstained weapon" and "bestial howl," you could easily picture what Ernesto was explaining.
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