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Summary Of 'The Aleph And' The Garden Of Forking Paths

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Postmodernism was a period that challenged the validity of accepted knowledge as social constructs through explorations of different possibilities. Most of Borges’s work follow similar patterns and themes that capture the essence of Postmodernism by examining various philosophical ideas of time and space. Specifically, in “The Aleph” and “The Garden of Forking Paths”, Borges plays with the idea of the infinite in various ways throughout each narrative in order to plant a similar idea in the readers’ minds. [fix that last sentence] [body #1: talk about how he talks about infinities differently through different writing styles (aleph: more personal style)] In both short stories, Borges explores into the idea of multiple pathways and views in a single position. In “The Aleph,” Borges himself is the main character who is given the opportunity to view the world and all its possibilities in a basement. The focus of the story seems to be on the ability to see infinite points from a single point. “The Garden of Forking Paths” explores the same idea through the discussion of a book that also serves the purpose of a labyrinth. Though it does deal with the same concept of multiple pathways from a single point, “The Garden of Forking Paths” seem to apply more emphasis on the actual concept of multiple pathways through thorough discussion and explanation of the idea. [insert quote on how the book is a labyrinth] [While the “The Aleph” seems to discuss the idea of an access to all points

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