In his writings‚ Borges constructed his narrator as individuals with existential mindsets using them as a motif for questioning the moldability and understanding of memory and the role this understanding takes in knowing their own identities. In “The Maker”‚ Borges uses the narrator’s blindness as an euphemism for freedom and unrestricted limitations considering the narrator’s approach to remembering his life before the beginning of the deterioration of his sight as more vivid than he previously
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of telling John of his wife’s true origins but knows that she could not bring herself to betray to Clare in that way. Larsen writes that Irene “was caught between two allegiances‚ different‚ yet the same. Herself. Her race. Race! The thing that bound and suffocated her. Whatever steps she took‚ or if she took none at all‚ something would be crushed. A person or the race. Clare‚ herself‚ or the race. Or‚ it might be‚ all three. Nothing‚ she imagined was ever more completely sardonic” (98). The syntax
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In the story “Eveline” by James Joyce‚ a young teenage girl‚ Eveline‚ has the opportunity to leave her “trapped” life and start a new journey with the man of her dreams‚ Frank. As Eveline sat at the window reconciling all of her memories‚ her thoughts of her abusive father leave her to ponder the prospect of leaving and freeing herself from her life to reside in Buenos Aires with her lover. As she reviews her decision to stay with her abusive father or embark on a new‚ free life‚ Eveline faces the
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In Jean Luis Borges’ short story "The Gospel According to Mark"‚ we see the main character Baltasar Espinosa in subtle yet powerful comparison to Jesus Christ. Borges uses the formal aspects of setting‚ symbolism‚ & tone to explore a main theme of Christianity and the influence it has on those who don’t fully understand it. He puts his main character in a setting that allows him to become Christ like in the eyes of the primitive Gutres family. There are many examples of the theme throughout
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Truth Essay Miles Dijan October 8‚ 2013 Block 2 Day 2 The writer Oscar Wilde once said that “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Wilde claims that truth is hardly wholesome and unadulterated‚ but rather tainted‚ or polluted. Wilde also states how truth is never straightforward and effortless. Truth could come with questions‚ ambiguous feelings‚ and abstract thoughts. Three pieces of literature exemplify Oscar Wilde’s quote about truth. In The “Allegory of the Cave”
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Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps
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Fan fiction is something has been around as long as people have been telling stories. Ancient people would retell old stories or explore minor characters’ roles‚ which are both things people still do today. But there seems to be an unwritten rule between writer and audience that each should respect the other. In other words‚ authors shouldn’t ridicule their readers‚ and fans shouldn’t belittle the author. When either side breaks this mutual respect‚ we begin to see problems in a work of art. One
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Borges’ though his short stories ‘The Circular Ruins’ (1940) and ‘The South’ (1953) establishes a fragmented reality in the stories through his usage of the mise en abyme narrative technique from the way the narrators appear to constantly create and question their reality in the stories. In this essay‚ I will evaluate how Borges generates parallels of reality within his fictional worlds by the narrators of the tales who seem to create the world around them. Then this is contrasted with the usage
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Dead by James Joyce can both be viewed as their authors’ views of sociology. The stories’ protagonists‚ Gregor and Gabriel‚ are both men of authority within their families‚ but experience events and circumstances that change their perspectives of the world around them. Both Franz Kafka and James Joyce employ the third-person point of view to describe and relay the situations of Gregor and Gabriel effectively. In The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka uses the third
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Portrayal of Justice in Death and the Maiden and the Name of the Rose Extended Essay Subject: Literature/English Word Count: 3451 Hyde Park Academy Session: May‚ 2014 Candidate: Tia-Bryanna Balentine Candidate Number: fd1007 (001194-0009) Abstract “If justice comes from the people you fight against how can you get justice?” (Matuz). This is a question that has been long asked by citizens of the world and even some began to write about this topic in their novels. Umberto Eco and
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