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    English 1302 October 11‚ 2012 Departure‚ Initiation‚ and Return in Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths” At first glance‚ Jorge Luis Borges’ short story‚ “The Garden of Forking Paths‚” tells the tale of a Chinese agent for the Germans against the English during the first World War. In this short story‚ Yu Tsun (the spy) learns that a fellow agent has been eliminated. This means that he will undoubtedly be the next to be arrested and killed. This will probably happen before

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    8/9/13 "Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar 70768 Axolotl by Julio Cortázar The Mexican axolotl is an odd-looking salamander with a flat head and spiked feet‚ unusual because it often spends its entire life in the so-called larval stage‚ like a tadpole‚ without ever moving to land. “It grows and grows in the same shape‚ and has the capacity to reproduce‚” said the biologist Armando Tovar Garza. “We don’t really know why it doesn’t change.” Its gaze seems to captivate as its gills slowly beat. In

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    In the novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and the collection of short stories Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges‚ mathematics plays an integral role in both authors’ writhing. In We‚ Zamyatin creates a world called the One State that is a fictional representation of Soviet Russia‚ and the One State is an advanced utopia that uses mathematics to control and comprehend the universe. While in Labyrinths‚ a majority of Borges short stories focus on a philosophy of infinity‚ more specifically the problems that

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    Emma Zunz

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    story‚ “Emma Zunz”‚ by Jorge Luis Borges‚ Emma’s living conditions and behaviour reflects that she lives as part of the proletariat society. She and her family would live in smaller areas because “she recalled the family’s little house in Lanus” (Borges‚ 215). Their surroundings and proximity suggests that they are of lower class citizens. Emma spends most of her time working in the mill. That being said‚ her regular day would be a “a day of work‚ bustle‚ and trivia” (Borges‚ 216). She has to make

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    Circular Ruins? "The Circular Ruins" (Las Ruinas Circulares) is a fantasy short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. Published in the literary journal Sur in December 1940‚ it was included in the 1941 collection The Garden of Forking Paths (El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan) and the 1944 collection Ficciones. This story is arguably the most allegorical in Borges ’ collection. It is a touching tale of the process of creation; not only does it treat matter of identity‚ but it also

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    Jorge Luis Borges is a famous Spanish author‚ known best for his short stories. In this paper‚ I will discuss several short stories written by Mr. Borges‚ what influenced him in his writings‚ and a brief history of his place of origin‚ Argentina. Borges’ The Book of Sand is the story of a man who is visited by a stranger trying to sell a "holy book" called the Book of Sand. The narrator looks at the book and is unable to see the first or last pages of it because‚ as the stranger explains‚ the

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    1. Plot Summary: In the first section of the story‚ the narrator‚ a fictive version of Borges himself‚ became aware of the mysterious existence of a country called Uqbar from which he came across in a casual conversation with Borges’s friend‚ Bioy Casares. Casares told Borges that the name Uqbar came from the Anglo-American Cyclopedia‚ which was described as a reprint of the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1902. However‚ the name Uqbar never came up in the Encyclopedia Britannica‚ or in some copies of

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    Ashan Gunathilaka ENGL-2333 Gus LaFosse March 1‚ 2015 Research Proposal: The Garden of Forking Paths The Garden of the forking paths is written by an Argentine writer and a poet Jorge Luis Borges in 1941. The story take the form of a confession of the war prisoner Dr. Yu Tsun who is German spy in the Second World War. As the narrator explains he wants to shed some light on an even which led to a delay of a British assault against the German on 1916. Dr. Tsun tries to escape from the British

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    Identity in Literature

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    they hold dear and they above all else know: their identities. Identity can be discussed and addressed in many different ways in many diverse media outlets. In the following analyzed and critiqued essays by Bruno Bettelheim‚ Raymond Carver‚ and Jorge Luis Borges respectively: the theme of identity is conferred by the phases of establishment‚ alteration‚ uncertainty‚ and realization. The first essay to be analyzed is Bruno Bettelheim’s. In the essay “The Introduction to the Uses of Enchantment” by Bruno

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    you feel accepting somebody into your family and allowing them to preach to you when they are not a religious believer themselves? As we learn more in Jorge Luis Borges story ‘The Gospel according to Mark’ we find a unique message that there exists some greater power in the universe that punishes those that do preach what they do not believe. Borges uses irony in a setting to realize the importance of knowing what you teach and the potential‚ yet extreme dangers of not doing so. In 1914 his family

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