![]() ![]() The deserter fights bravely and wildly, causing Tadeo begins to reflect on the circumstances that lead to his army conscription, perceiving how restrictive his uniform is and noting how he had been arrested and forced into the army only after losing a similar fight. On the day in question, Tadeo, forced into the army after being arrested years before, fights a deserter with the aid of his fellow soldiers. The narrator claims that days such as those are adequate to fully reveal a person to themselves. The biography takes a distant view of the gaucho Tadeo Isidoro Cruz's life, arguing that it is unnecessary to describe the days of his life in greater detail than to describe the events of a single particular day. The story is presented as a brief biography. It is featured within his 1949 short story collection The Aleph. A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874) (original title: "Biografía de Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829–1874)" is a short story written by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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