The vivid imagery continues to engage the reader with synesthesia, drawing the reader into the story with descriptions of numerous senses and creating a subtle fantastic element to the story. The ambiguous nature with which he presents the events in the story illustrate the natural intermix of dreams and reality within the human mind, and the oftentimes difficult act of distinguishing between the two realms.Īt the beginning, Cortazar frames his story in the modern era, creating a world in which the narrator is exposed to modern sensations such as the “cool wind his pantlegs” as he rode on his motorcycle. Julio Cortazar engages the reader in an interplay between reality and fiction in his short story “Night Face Up”, bringing the reader into his fantastic dreamscape through the use of rich imagery and the presence of uncertainty in the plot events.
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