events which alter their whole outlook in the system that governs them, some moved, some very hopeful. The protagonist in Borges’ story has a profound experience with a mythical object that changes his outlook on life. In August 1944, visiting Bioy Casares and Silvina Ocampo Borges met Estela Canto, who fell in love. Estela was inspired by him to write the story “the Aleph”, which is considered one of Borges' best works. Despite resistance from his mother, Borges offered to marry Estela, but this
Initially when one is reading “Invention of Morel” by Adolfo Bioy Casares, they can immediately notice the attention to detail embedded in the literature that draws out every visual aspect to allow the reader to see what the featured character sees. This can also be said as well for “Death to Archbishop” by Willa
that can affect or distort our reality. Drugs and alcohol are something that can distort our reality and have us struggle with trying to separate what is real and what is a figment of our imagination. In the novella The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, the narrator is struggling to tell what is real and what is not, thus making him an unreliable character. Many elements of fiction makes this person a unreliable character, from the POV of the narrator, the setting of the island, and the characterization
The Journey: Rebellion and Incorporeality When a character in a piece of literature chooses to travel, the character usually has a purpose confined to the motivations of the individual. Distinct from this, in The Invention of Morel and The Last Voyage of Columbus the journey is a device employed by an author to imbue the travel of a character with purpose. The journey is an experience which comprises much more than travel from one location to another. Journeys can represent a literal or symbolic
a prominent writer in world literature of 20th century. “Reading the work of Jorge Luis Borges for the first time is like discovering a new letter in the alphabet, or a new note in the musical scale.” (Ciabattari, 2014). One of his friends Adolfo Bioy Casares, called his works “halfway houses between an essay and a story”. The way Borges has used private jokes, labyrinths, mirrors, chess games and detective stories, creates a complex intellectual landscape with a philosophical attitude with clear