Título American Borders: Borderlines and Borderlands in Thomas King’s “Borders” and Helena Viramontes’ “The Cariboo Café” Titulación Grado en Estudios Ingleses Resumen Borders have vastly defined the way society and communities have been organized, directly affecting certain cultures and groups of people. The border itself has always presented problems, as the idea of it just bringing political order is merely utopic, and it has often been defied or even rejected when imposed.