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Which of the following is a major theme developed through extended metaphor in “The Garden of Forking Paths”?


Wars are terrible.

Time is infinite.

Family heritage influences our outlook.

Family ancestry is destiny.

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Time is infinite is the answer

The answer is: time is infinite.

In this story by Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges, he develops several ideas of a very intricate and complicated nature, although, it could be said that they are all related to a novel conception of time that is not linear but rather cyclical and infinite and which can adopt all possible outcomes of a story as the story is related (or at least relatable) over and over again.