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.

Janie Cherestal

I actually found “The House of Asterion” to be one of the more enjoyable short stories of Borges’ collection. Not only was it delightfully short, it had a clear storyline about a man named Asterion who is of royalty and lives alone in an infinite house. It also appears that he has a few marbles loose, for he has hilarious conversations with himself, runs like a charging ram, and pretends that he is being hunted. Asterion describes how once a year he executes nine men, and one year one of the men stated that Asterion will meet his redeemer, which he is very excited to hear. I felt a little confused as to why Asterion was executing men and who exactly he was in the community. Was Asterion the Minotaur that was mentioned at the end of the story?

Carly Cooper

This story begins, as many of other Borge's stories with a character that is unknown and an explanation that is unknown. The reader doesn't know why this character is living in a home with an infinite amount of doors or why he never leaves or why people flee from him in the streets when he does. Until the very end the I did not realize that this story was about Minotaur a greek mythological charachter and I am always confused as to why Borges makes the reader wait so long to enderstand the story. It is a good story, however, and it held my attention because I had so many questions i knew would be answered at the end and it was short enough that i was able to wait until the end to find out.