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Jorge Luis Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths": Structure, Time, and Philosophical Fiction — Homework
Reread the conversation between Yu Tsun and Stephen Albert before answering.
- 1.Why does the story use three layers of narrative distance (editor's note, confession, an old novel) instead of telling events directly?
- 2.Explain the forking-paths concept and why it counts as philosophy rather than a fantastical event in the plot.
- 3.Why does Yu Tsun act against Stephen Albert?
- 4.In five or more sentences, explain what the story gains by making its climax a quiet philosophical conversation rather than a chase or a fight.
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