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Jorge Chavez is considered in Peru, the country where I was born, a hero for being the first man who attempted to fly across the Alps. Although he didn’t manage to meet his objective because his Blériot XI crashed upon landing, the bravery and courage he exhibited while he was alive were determinants to his career success. Therefore, in the present paper, I intend to highlight Chavez aeronautical achievements and, likewise, explain how he became fascinated in aviation. Jorge Chavez, a Peruvian Born

The opening and closing scenes of the short story “The South” in the book Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges have a large degree of influence on the way the reader experiences the story itself. The opening scene, for example, very much sets the tone and foreshadows future event in the story through an introductory description of the character of Dahlmann and his background. The closing scene, on the other hand, holds a good deal of significance because it contributes a good deal of ambiguity to the

Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Book of Sand” tells an interesting story about the concept of infinity. Before obtaining The Book of Sand, the narrator of the story collects Bibles, in which everything is finite and concrete. In the Bible, there is a meaning for everything. In contrast, there is essentially no meaning in The Book of Sand as everything is infinite. When everything is infinite there is no certainty in anything, no matter how much we analyze it. In “The Book of Sand,” Borges states an interesting

In Ficcionnes, a novel written as a collection of short stories, the author, Jorge Luis Borges has a unique way of writing in which he incorporates elements of mystery, imagination, and a certain depth of thinking. In order to fully grasp and dissect the prompt, the essay will focus on his specific motives that is a common theme throughout several works of his that are fantasy, dreams, and imagination. Two stories in which these elements were the overarching theme and focus were, “The South” and

“The South” by Jorge Luis Borges portrays the life of Juan Dahlmann, a librarian from Buenos Aires, wherein a sequence of unfortunate events brings him, eventually and triumphantly, to the South. But the story might be as mundane as Dahlmann’s northern life without its stunning conclusion: rather than living happily in the South like he’s always longed for, Dahlmann willingly dies the first night he gets there. Dahlmann dies just before his promised life can even begin, yet he finds joy in it. His

Jorge Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, translator, and a key figure in general in Spanish language literature. One of Borges’ most notable works was his short story “The South.” This story begins by introducing the character Juan Dahlmann. This character has a split German and Argentinian heritage. Dahlmann’s grandfather, who he respected tremendously, was a soldier who seemed very brave and courageous. His Grandfather, of the Second Line-Infantry Division, died on the frontier

speaker is Jorge Luis Borges a librarian from Buenos Aires, Argentina. that is slowly going blind. Jorge Luis Borges writes to explain his views on blindness and how he sees this world. Though his primary audience are people all around the world in order to give ignorant people knowledge on blindness, he is also speaking to people all around the world, and he also speaks to the blind. The purpose of the passage is to speak about his blindness and how as a blind man he can still be successful. Jorge Luis

In “The Book of Sand” by Jorge Luis Borges, the idea that time and life as a whole are endless and unreasonable yet are limited and full of meaning at the same time. “In this house are several English bibles, including the first John Wyclif's. I also have Cipriano de Valera’s, Luther’s-- which, from a literary viewpoint, is the worst-- and a Latin copy of Vulgate.” This quotes shows that the narrator displays that he owns over 9 different bibles including rare ones. The knowledge he usually collects

The Art of Being Ambiguous In his collection of short stories, Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges uses dreams, imagination and fantasy to establish ambiguity in his stories. With the use of juxtaposition and symbols, Borges blends a realm of dreams and imagination into the individual’s everyday worldly experiences. Through these devices, Borges commonly blurs the line between aspects of reality for his characters versus the constructs of his or her mind. By combining the real with the fictitious, Borges

In life it is necessary to have fantasy, because without it, life would be dull and meaningless. Life would be so different without dreams, since they are what motivate humans to keep on moving forward in order to achieve their goals. This is what Jorge Luis Borges is trying to explain to the reader in the book Ficciones which is very confusing, but also very deep in meaning. These stories demonstrate a theme of reality vs. fiction which is fascinating because in many of the readings fantasy is required