"The Book of Sand" Padlet by Jonathan Campbell

The year published country of origin

deshawnfavourite1 — 2023-11-15 15:21:57 UTC

The year published is 1975 and the country of origin is Argentina

Theme

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:22:25 UTC

Thematic Idea: mysterious, eerie, unsettling

Theme: Individuals can be put into unsettling scenarios and can be forced to do actions based on impulse.

Topics or ideas we specifically studied with this text

jonathancampbell6 — 2023-11-15 15:24:26 UTC

1) Magical Realism

Characters and character relationships

deshawnfavourite1 — 2023-11-15 15:25:17 UTC

The characters is the Narrator and the man who sells him the book. They had a business relationship

Central Idea(s)

alijahbarnett1 — 2023-11-15 15:28:11 UTC

Be able to grasp the infinite within the book, whether in a spiritual way or in real life / reality.

What cultural influences are present in the text?

jonathancampbell6 — 2023-11-15 15:30:48 UTC

The infinite: The power of books, and the idea of an object which the possessor becomes obsessed with because they keep sinking into it.
Time and life: The idea that time and life as a whole are endless and yet is limited and full of meaning at the same time

Objective Summary

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:31:18 UTC

There was a man who had a mysterious book. The mysterious man gave details about the book and talked about how the book was infinite. The man offered the narrator the book and the narrator pounced on that and bought the book from the man. The man read the book and was terrified of it. The man wanted to get destroy the book but was scared of the aftermath that can happen. So as a last resort the narrator hid the book in plain sight in a library making a promise to himself to never go to that library again.

Setting

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:33:51 UTC

The setting in the story was never explicitly stated. But there were two places that were states. The Narrator's home and the library where the book was placed.

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:35:45 UTC

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Author's background and how this influenced or is evident in the writing

deshawnfavourite1 — 2023-11-15 15:37:06 UTC

Jorge Luis Borges is from Argentine and he loved the image of the labyrinth from Greek mythology. The story is about Theseus and the Minotaur, being is in a unsolved maze where people became lost forever. So Borges always believed that people struggled to navigate so that influenced the Book of Sand

How is the text representative of the country that it comes from?

jonathancampbell6 — 2023-11-15 15:37:25 UTC

The narrator of the story lives in Argentina on Calle Belgrano, or Belgrano Street, in Buenos Aires.

The narrator previously worked for the National Library.

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:38:34 UTC

deshawnfavourite1 — 2023-11-15 15:40:59 UTC

The overarching ideas

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:42:35 UTC

In the story, the book's trait of infinity leads the narrator down a rabbit hole of obsession and uneasiness, allowing emotions that can be described as troubling to boil to the surface. The text then concludes with the narrator disposing of the book; this may imply the author is suggesting removing yourself from situations that may cause those emotions to arise.

diegoxvillatoro — 2023-11-15 15:44:23 UTC