1. Explain how the beginning of the story prefigures (anticipates) the end of the story.
Do not limit yourself to the personal history of Otto Dietrich zur
Border and the fact that the character is executed, but to what
Consider that it is the narrative knot of the story.
2. Explain the coincidences and differences between Otto Dietrich zur Linde and Adolf
Eichmann Cite specific examples.
3. Explain the concept of the banality of evil developed by Hanna
Arendt in the early 60s.
4. Cite at least two moments in the story in which the character of
Borges seems to agree with the idea of the banality of evil. Be
specific and make concrete comparisons between the text and the
declared by Eichman during the trial
