Juan Luis Guerra

orge Luis Borges is a notable Argentine writer born in Buenos Aires and has written many short fictions that connects to our life and their goals. He has also written renowned essays and poems one of them being iconoclastic. One of his oldest fictions he has written was “The South” and “The Shape of the Sword” which was written in 1944. Later on in his life, Borges wrote the “The Captive”, “The Inferno” and “Dream Tigers” in 1960 with “Blue Tigers” written later in his carer in 1983. In 1935,…

When thinking back to my past, my favorite memory is my trip to Puerto Rico. I got to travel with some of my close friends and really cool adults. We were in Puerto Rico for seven days, and every single day I got to discover the culture and learn something new about the island and the people living on it. We were able to explore the nature there, try Puerto Rican foods, speak in Spanish, and tour historical sites. We left at four in the morning to board our plane. When we arrived on the island,…

Analysing specific examples of literary influence is paramount to practically exemplify prior theoretical claims. The influence of Edgar Allen Poe upon Jorge Luis Borges, and subsequent influence of Borges upon Thomas Pynchon, will be assessed. These authors have been selected as they emanate from distinct cultural contexts, while their writings are separated by several decades. Firstly, Borges (1998, p.196) directly acknowledges Poe’s influence, noting, “Poe taught me how to use my imagination…

Moreover, while Bloom endorses the linearity of influence, and Borges highlights its fluidity, a third distinct perception emerges. Thompson (2014, p.114) utilises David Foster Wallace’s short story B.I. #59 as a framework from which to interrogate Bloom and Borges’ arguments, detecting, “throughout [Wallace’s] fiction, influence comes not only from the past (as in Bloom’s model), or from a future, anticipated text (as in Borges’s model) but also from the cultural present.” Consequently,…

The ambition to impose the interests of drug trafficking, led Pablo Escobar Gaviria to try to establish his own laws and regulations, causing serious damage to the Colombian society and the government of that time. The perfect utopia that he dreamed, became the worst dystopia for the consequences in the country. The drug economy connected the production, marketing and finance in a network that ignores national boundaries. The clandestine nature of the drug economy difficult the analyze of their…

accepting that we don’t know everything and everything is possible” by Isabel Allende. Relevantly, magic realism was practiced in Latin America, it goes beyond reality to express impossible ideas. During the mid-1900s, an Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges, wrote the short story “The Circular Ruins”, this story illustrates the dreams of light and darkness. Another Latin American author, Gabriel García Márquez, wrote the short story “Light is Like Water”. He is also known as the “Father of…

On page 12, readers are introduced to the exposition of the plot. Lefty Mendieta opens the door to Bruno’s house in the neighborhood of Guadalupe. A spicy aroma evokes his senses and is met with Bruno’s body on twisted sheets. Dr. Montano then observes that Bruno has been dead for five to seven hours (13). The searching is interrupted by Briseno who tells them that Engineer Canizales, Bruno’s father, wants to quickly wrap up the case with ballistics and forensics, consider it natural causes, and…

“The Aleph” and “The Zahir", both by Jorge Luis Borges, are short stories that contrast each other. “The Aleph” is about an object called named the Aleph that shows everything in the universe. The viewer would see everything without distortion and at every possible angle. “The Zahir” is about an object named the Zahir, which can alter the mind of an individual so he or she think of the Zahir after glancing at it. The individual would slowly go crazy with only the Zahir in mind, and lose all…

Millions of dollars were spent on luxury homes, private jets, ranches, and even historical artifacts (Drug). In 1984, Pablo Escobar was named the seventh richest man in the world (Gangster). Pablo even had his own zoo on one of his estates. It was complete with elephants, buffaloes, lions, rhinos, gazelles, hippos, camels, ostriches, and a herd of zebras. Pablo was also known for his immature, frivolous spending. He would have beauty queens to come and entertain some of his closest friends. He…

feet falling down toward the belly of the bull, the rider sits both feet at the bull 's neck in a position called the tablilla. Many riders have lost their lives because the way most of them fall is toward the bulls horns. The last style is the San Luis Potosi style. This style is just like the Charro style, the only difference is that these bulls are fully…