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In “The Form of the Sword,” Borges spends a night talking to the Englishman of Colorada. He learns that the Englishman is actually Irish, and he tells Borges the story of how he got his scar. The Irishman was a revolutionary for Irish independence when he met John Vincent Moon, a fellow young communist revolutionary. However, when he finds out that Moon is betraying the cause, he cuts Moon’s face. The Irishman then reveals that he himself is Moon and that he told the story from an alternate perspective so that Borges would listen.
The Englishman of Colorada/The Irishman/John Vincent Moon Quotes in Ficciones
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10. The Form of the Sword Quotes
“You don’t believe me?” He stammered. “Don’t you see the mark of infamy written on my face? I told you the story to way I did so that you would hear it to the end. I informed on the man who took me in: I am Vincent Moon. Despise me.”
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The Englishman of Colorada/The Irishman/John Vincent Moon Character Timeline in Ficciones
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10. The Form of the Sword
...to know one another, the narrator learns that the Englishman is actually Irish. After the Irishman and Borges become drunk, the Irishman tells the narrator the story of his scar, on...
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Now in narrating in first person, the Irishman tells Borges that he was conspiring in 1922 with his comrades in Connaught, Ireland for...
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On the 10th and last day of battle, The Irishman returns home to hear Moon giving information on the phone in exchange for “guarantees of...
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