El cautivo

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"El cautivo" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural dislocation through the tale of a European boy raised among Indigenous people in Argentina.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
associatedWithAuthor Borges’s exploration of memory and oblivion
Borges’s recurring concern with identity
author Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Argentina NERFINISHED
culturalContext relations between European settlers and Indigenous peoples in Argentina
explores construction of personal identity
limits of memory
tension between biological origin and cultural upbringing
featuresCharacter European boy raised among Indigenous people
genre short story
hasMotif captivity
clash of cultures
return to origins
language Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American literature
literaryStyle Borgesian
narrativePerspective third-person narration
periodOfPublication 20th century
protagonistConflict inability to reintegrate into European-Argentine society
protagonistOrigin European descent
protagonistUpbringing Indigenous community in Argentina
setting Argentina NERFINISHED
theme assimilation
belonging
cultural dislocation
identity
loss of identity
memory

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