“The Garden of Forking Paths” is a short story written by Jorge Luis Borges. He writes with a misleading technique that includes several labyrinths, missing pages and literary devices. The protagonist of the story is a man named Tsun, a Chinese and English professor who is a spy for the German army. Throughout the story, the reader is able to understand that Tsun is in a labyrinth, as he races to complete his mission. He must inform the Germans where the British artillery is located, before being captured. During this mission, Tsun encounters his past and is thrown into another labyrinth, the work of his ancestor. To complete both mazes, he must kill Steven Albert who is connected to Tsun in more ways than one. Tsun's ancestor is also the man Steven Albert studied. They learn of their connection when Tsun meets Albert for the simple reason of killing him, to inform the Germans. This article addresses Borges' casual forms of intertextuality, as well as incorporating two forms of labyrinths, causing the reader to become trapped in their own labyrinth as they attempt to untangle the hidden meanings behind Borges' story. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayBorges uses the form of intertextuality to insert other texts into his story, showing the relationships between the two. The reader first encounters intertextuality when Borges compares the relationship between Liddell Hart's works for World War I stories and those he writes for his story's protagonist, Tsun. Liddell Hart was a British soldier and went on to write his story about his experiences which ended up in Borges' story. On the complete opposite side, Borges writes about the protagonist Tsun, a German spy who tries to escape Captain Richard Madden and complete his mission to inform Germany where the artillery base is located. During his mission, Tsun meets Steven Albert at “The Garden of Forking Paths,” where the reader is caught in another form of intertextuality, the novel written by Ts'ui Pen. Their meeting is due to his name, which is also the name of the British artillery, but the bond between them is much deeper. Albert has spent years studying the failed novel and the labyrinth of Ts'ui Pen, who realizes that the novel is the labyrinth. It turns out that the novel is a metaphor for what Ts'ui Pen imagines time to be and how all outcomes lead to the same possibilities. This plays into Tsun's life, when he has to decide whether to kill Albert. Within Borges' story, the use of intertextuality makes it difficult for the reader to fully understand what is happening until they follow the labyrinth written into the story. Borges takes many different paths when he begins to compare the work of Lidell Hart to his protagonist Tsun and then again when he compares Tsun's life to the novel written by Ts'ui Pen. Borges uses both metaphorical and literal labyrinths to draw the reader through the labyrinth of his story. A maze is a complicated matrix of paths that make it difficult to find your way. Tsun's journey is a metaphorical labyrinth that he traverses to complete his mission. His journey is full of twists and turns as he tries to escape Captain Richard Madden and then is led directly to Steven Albert by the children. When Tsun arrives at his destination, "The Garden of Forking Paths" created by his ancestor Ts'ui Pen, the reader learns that he has just entered a real labyrinth. Steven Albert informs Tsun that the novel is "The Garden of Forking Paths" created by.