One of Che's experiences in Chile that may have influenced his later life is when he was trying to treat the old women with asthma.

"In circumstances like this, individuals in poor families who can't pay their way become surrounded by and atmosphere of barely disguised acrimony; they stop being father, mother, sister, or brother and become purely negative factor in the struggle for life and, consequently a source of bitterness for the healthy members of the community who resent their illness as if it were a personal insult to those who have to support them."

He was very angry how the people treated this women. What made him so angry was that the fact that she was not privileged, with money, and had to work very hard to survive, they would not treat her. Also that people looked down on her because of her illness. However, she was a person just like everyone else. This may have caused him to become socialist because he believes in equality and everyone should be the same, therefore, be treated the same way.