Luis Guzmán

me a stronger student. First, Mrs. Green was the strict teacher I ever encountered, but yet she was the most comprehensible teacher. The Spanish literature was not easy and yet she would assign us these huge short stories like, “El Sur,” by Jorge Luis Borges, or these really complicated poems like, “Hombres Necios que Acusais,” by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. She would make us read these stories or poems at home, then re read them in front of the class like a presentation. This was a foul because

Compare and Contrast Essay Navroop In the ficciones “The lottery in Babylon” and “Funes the Memorius” by Borges, change is apparent in both. As human beings, change is an ever-present aspect of life. It can occur to individual people, or in larger advancements which has a lasting effect on generations of people. Change isn’t something we should fear, but rather it is something inevitable, and nearly impossible to stop. Starting off, the pair of short stories

Jorge Luis Borges, author of Labyrinth, questions in his short stories the illusory nature of knowledge. The complexities of Borges’s writing making clear that not all things are easy to understand and decipher. In all his short stories the images help the readers to understand the message or the meaning of the text. For instance, Jorges uses much the images of the Mirror, the Labyrinth, the Circle, and the mise en abyme to signal one of his great themes, knowledge as an illusion. He lays emphasis

Notwithstanding, in the same text (we could, of course, quote many others), there is also evidence of an acquaintance with the pre-socratic “unity of opposites” (later adapted by Nicolau of Cusa to the idea of God), by means of which a straight line is potentially no different from a circular line (plus, a formulation that is also reminiscent of Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion): ‘There are three lines too many in your labyrinth,’ he said at last. ‘I know of a Greek labyrinth that is but one straight line

Vacations, we wished they never ended… We have the time of our lives exploring new places and meeting interesting people and, when it’s time to go home, we want to take a little bit of that experience with us. So, if you have plans to visit a country in South America that is known for great meat, amazing sceneries and rich history, do you know which are the best items to take back home? If not, take a look at the selection of some of the most representative souvenirs of Argentina. Because you won’t

Throughout the years, each generation grew up watching different types of genres and types of literature. So in this case, fiction needs to stay in school and in our society. As the saying says, “Don't fix it, if it isn't broke.” “Always Running” written by Luis J. Rodriguez tells a fictional story about his real life problems and what he had to go through while growing up. It’s fictional information has a significance to real life and it’s readers, it relates to real life problems and situations. Also, it’s

In the short story The Library of the Babel written by Jorge Luis Borges, suggests how written language and orthographic conventions limit our understanding of the universe. While knowledge from language helps decipher what is what is known; could it also expose us to what is unknown in the universe? Within The Library of the Babel the ideas of the awareness of the questions that emerge with intelligence of certain topics and the lack of knowledge in regards to understanding the vastness of the universe

dreams, making the viable inviable and even some difficulties impossibilities. Yet, are we truly confined to finitude for an infinitude of time, or is the universe an infinitude in which we, as a species, have yet to achieve our fullest potential? Jorge Luis Borges, in his short story “The Book of Sand”, provides not only a set of answers to these questions, but also compounds it with remarkable perspective and insight into the nature of infinitude, our understanding of our own limitations, and how we

differently to life’s struggle and may take action in accordance to their emotions.Though in Jorge Luis Borges’ “Borges and I” and Anatole Broyard’s “Intoxicated by My Illness” the subjects discussed differ, they present the power of reflecting on one’s condition.Anatole Broyard reflects in “Intoxicated By My Illness” on his changed outlook on life due to his diagnosis of prostate cancer.Jorge Luis Borges in “Borges and I” reflects on the idea of a character losing themselves in their internal debate

Pablo Escobar is well known throughout the world as one of their greatest outlaws. He grew from obscurity to be the leading cocaine distributor in the world. He led an empire of terror, drugs, money, and violence. He was a gangster and outlaw in the ranks of icons such as Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Gotti. He can only be understood by looking at the man’s early life, his rise to ultimate power, and the absolute necessity of ending his reign of terror by any means. Pablo Escobar was born