Kristin Todd

The first story, "Death and the Compass", was very interesting.  I enjoyed the plot of the story and how it was actually easier to understand.  The story, like all of Borges's other stories, started off assuming you already knew what was going on.  Though it's still a little confusing to understand, I am getting used to his writing style.  The second reading, "The Detective Story" was a non-fiction, opposed to the previous story.  It discussed the rules of writing a fiction and how the story should be written.  I didn't really understand the rules for the stories too much.  I understood that they were written for authors to follow them and make reading their works easier, but other than that, I wasn't sure.  At the end, it gives the example of the book The Scandal of Father Brown and discusses how this book follows the rules mentioned.