Friday, May 8, 2009
Alyson Bernero
The House of Asterion is a story that focuses on the life of many who lives in a house with no limits. Like many of Borges' stories, the house represents the labyrinth much like the labyrinth in House of Leaves. We don't find out until the end of the story that the man is in fact a minotaur which helped to clear up the confusion I had. The man is stuck inside his home and is all alone so he makes up games and tries to find ways to occupy his time. The only outside connection he has is when the nine men come to the house every nine years, but that is only so he can set them free. In a way, I felt bad for the man because he didn't have anyone and was alone for his entire life.
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This story was in fact very similar to the House of Leaves. I felt however this was like the other side of it. For example when we read the house of leaves we got the point of view of everyone who went into the labyrinth, their backgrounds and their stories. We never truly got any information about the Minotaur except about where he came from and the father being a kind story. The Minotaur in House of Leaves was an outcast whose father was a king and built him a special labyrinth so he would be away from society. Anyway I feel like this story was the house of leaves story however from the Minotaur’s perspective. It's kind of cool actually when you think about it.
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