I believe that the use and mention of metaphysics in Jorge Borges' The Garden of Forking Paths and Donald Barthelme's Snow White is intended to highlight the similarities between metaphysics and metafiction. I believe both authors incorporated metaphysics to draw parallels with their thoughts on the mechanics of creating and comparing literature, as well as how we perceive and think about the nature of reality. I believe that literature can be interpreted like any real-world object, and that it is dynamic and changing depending on interpretations. An author can integrate his interpretations into his text, into the reality he has created. Metaphysics and metafiction are inherently similar concepts and both novels aimed to demonstrate this idea, emphasizing that just as real-world realities can be changed, so too can a known story change. The two stories take place in different periods. , but usually in the past. Snow White by Donald Barthelme is a modern version of the Grim Brothers' fairy tale. In the novel, Snow White is characterized quite similarly to her former self. At first, the description “Hair black as ebony, skin white as snow” (Barthelme 4)” shows how similar she seems, but this version of Snow White has her differences. She is older, and as such her size reflects this change, and she does not act as innocent as she was in the fairy tale. Despite the similarities and differences, it was deliberate that the author chose to create Snow White in this way, as opposed to a completely different character meant to symbolize Snow White. It was also intended that some characters would be placed in similar roles, such as how Jane represents the mother-in-law of... middle of paper ... knowledge or ideologies change the way I see the world, and I continue to change over time. Just as a story isn't exactly set in stone, values ​​change and stories are told in a new light. I think it's important to see how novels can attract readers, draw them into a reality similar to the one we live in. The idea of ​​metafiction is similar to metaphysics. Is our reality like a novel, created by us and shaped to our liking, or to our disarray? I think both Barthelme and Borges intended to show that this can in fact be true, in that the tales we tell as fairy tales can be modernized and events can be interpreted in multiple ways. Works Cited Barthelme, Donald. Snow White. New York: Atheneum, 1967. Print. Borges, Jorge Luis. “The Garden of Forking Paths.” Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings. Ed. increased. New York: Pub Nouvelles Directions. Corp., 1964. 19-29. Print.