Irony In The Gospel According To Mark Borges

In the short story “The Gospel According to Mark”, Borges uses Espinosa and the Gutres to comment on the outcomes of preaching previously unknown beliefs to a group of people. However, the author chooses to make this statement on the matter using an ironic situation. Borges uses irony to weave a descriptive subtext that is interesting to the reader and creates interesting intertextuality between the story itself and the Gospels. Borges’ use of irony is meant to show that preaching a theology or ideal you do not believe in will lead to grave consequences from God.
Borges begins to develop the ironic conclusion of the story in the first paragraphs when he describes the protagonist as a Christ-like figure. The first character traits Borges reveals