Carly Cooper

I understand and agree with all the "rules" that Borges puts down in this essay. I'm not impressed because it seems that since all detective movies and stories are like this it is clear that everyone already knows these rules, however it is nice to have them here and organized with examples. Again i find it slightly difficult to read Borges essays about short stories or novels when I have never read any of them, even if he does do a good job of explaining them. There is a certain helpfulness to Borges essays that are written like this because they help to organize and understand general writing rules such as these.