The Shape of the Sword (Short Story by Jorge Luis Borges)
The Shape of the Sword Jorge Luis Borges To understand this story better, let’s get introduced to a few places on the world map. Lati n American countries : Places in and near the South American continent, which were colonies of Spain and Portugal. Even after the colonial period, they use Spanish or Portuguese languages. These two languages originated from Latin. Hence, these countries are called Latin American countries. Argentina: A Latin American country, where our author was born. Uruguay: A Latin American country near Argentina. Our story starts from here. Brazil: The largest Latin American country. England: A country which is part of the British Isles, a group of islands on the west of the European continent. Ireland: Another country in the British Isles. Part of our story happens here. The Irish War of Independence In 1801, Ireland became part of the United Kingdom, which also had England, Scotland and Wales in it. Later, the Irish Republicans tried...