Funes the Memorious

people would do anything for. In Jorge Borges's short story, “Funes the Memorious”, there is a character named Ireneo Funes who gains this ability after getting crippled from falling off a horse. Funes, after the incident, was able to specify everything in his world. He refused to generalize or group anything. Also, he became incapable to communicate well because of the specificity of his language. Lastly, he also became unable to let go of many details . In, Funes the Memorious, Jorge Borges shows that having the ability to memorize everything causes the inability to communicate, generalize, and progress in life. By making Funes suffer these consequences, he shows how forgetfulness…

The concept of forgetting is often connoted negatively due to the idea of lacking something in contrast to remembering. Yet, while being able to remember has many uses, its utility is (further) heightened through the act of forgetting. In Borges’ Funes the Memorious, the story centers around the character Funes who is capable of remembering everything after getting into an accident that leaves him physically crippled. Despite his physical state, Funes’ newfound ability can also be considered as…

What happens when our ability to process information in relation to critical thinking is impaired and we are reduced to mere facts of information accessed? Jorge Luis Borges’ fictional story “Funes the Memorious” addresses this question through providing a case, as an example, of how the brain may approach information in relation to mankind’s ability to think versus recall. In the story, Funes was a young man who tragically passed away but had an incredible memory. The narrator felt obligated…

phrases were repurposed by a few African American ASL using communities to match the way that English speakers use them. These phrases are evidence of an evolving ASL that shows how signs that already exist can shift meaning to benefit the community using them because of the changing needs of people and societies. Similar to the influence English speakers have had on the young ASL speakers, many other spoken languages have influenced English. This act of English speakers taking words from…