Have you ever sat and wondered the difference between wisdom and intelligence? How about the relationship between knowledge and truth? How far do you think you would go to know the truth? Even if you knew it would hurt you in the end. The narrator of By The Waters of Babylon, John, the son of a priest went beyond and back. Would you do so also? In the story, By The Waters of Babylon, the narrator, the son of a priest describes his hunger for knowledge by saying, “My knowledge made me happy--it was like a fire in my heart” This quote is expressing his love for knowledge. Knowledge is what excited him and made his life worth living in his eyes (Benet 312). His eagerness for knowledge can be compared to our eagerness for food, he could never get enough. He has the option to learn more knowledge, because of his placement in the world, being a sons priest. His whole behavior is around knowledge. He wants to experience more knowledge and on his adventure there he crashes into something bigger than just knowledge, it’s called the truth. John experiences something called the truth. Truth is a hard thing to define, because the word “truth” can be seen differently in others eyes. Truth: the quality or state of being true. How do you know what is true or not in the world today? In the story, By the Waters of Babylon John always assumed everything he was taught was the truth. He never second guessed all any of it, because why would he? He ventures out on a adventure to seek more knowledge, as he reached the Dead Places right away he realized something is peculiar about it. Benet mentions that “It is not true what some of our priests say, that it is an island covered with fogs and enchantments” this statement expresses that John is willing to share his knowledge with others. This was the moment when he realized the difference between knowledge and truth (312). A little later on in the story John experience the fact that the Gods had wisdom and knowledge, but something still went wrong. He says, “And yet not all they did was well done…their wisdom could not but grow until all was peace” he is expressing that knowledge, technology, wisdom, does not all mean prosperity. Therefor, the civilization did not survive. Some truth is hard to believe, but although it may be hard to believe it is still the truth at the end of the day. “That is all of my story….they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is great knowledge, hard to tell and believe” this is when he finds out that they were not Gods, they were just humans. He decides to change his beliefs based on the truth. He feels powerful, and decides to challenge himself and to help rebuild history. That was the ultimate truth to the story. In the story By the Waters of Babylon John was always told that the Dead Places would burn his feet, that is was covered in fog, enchantments, and their were supposed to be demons screeching. None of this was true, and he finally learns to accept it, even though it was hard to take in. That is the thing about truth,
Have you ever sat and wondered the difference between wisdom and intelligence? How about the relationship between knowledge and truth? How far do you think you would go to know the truth? Even if you knew it would hurt you in the end. The narrator of By The Waters of Babylon, John, the son of a priest went beyond and back. Would you do so also? In the story, By The Waters of Babylon, the narrator, the son of a priest describes his hunger for knowledge by saying, “My knowledge made me happy--it was like a fire in my heart” This quote is expressing his love for knowledge. Knowledge is what excited him and made his life worth living in his eyes (Benet 312). His eagerness for knowledge can be compared to our eagerness for food, he could never get enough. He has the option to learn more knowledge, because of his placement in the world, being a sons priest. His whole behavior is around knowledge. He wants to experience more knowledge and on his adventure there he crashes into something bigger than just knowledge, it’s called the truth. John experiences something called the truth. Truth is a hard thing to define, because the word “truth” can be seen differently in others eyes. Truth: the quality or state of being true. How do you know what is true or not in the world today? In the story, By the Waters of Babylon John always assumed everything he was taught was the truth. He never second guessed all any of it, because why would he? He ventures out on a adventure to seek more knowledge, as he reached the Dead Places right away he realized something is peculiar about it. Benet mentions that “It is not true what some of our priests say, that it is an island covered with fogs and enchantments” this statement expresses that John is willing to share his knowledge with others. This was the moment when he realized the difference between knowledge and truth (312). A little later on in the story John experience the fact that the Gods had wisdom and knowledge, but something still went wrong. He says, “And yet not all they did was well done…their wisdom could not but grow until all was peace” he is expressing that knowledge, technology, wisdom, does not all mean prosperity. Therefor, the civilization did not survive. Some truth is hard to believe, but although it may be hard to believe it is still the truth at the end of the day. “That is all of my story….they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is great knowledge, hard to tell and believe” this is when he finds out that they were not Gods, they were just humans. He decides to change his beliefs based on the truth. He feels powerful, and decides to challenge himself and to help rebuild history. That was the ultimate truth to the story. In the story By the Waters of Babylon John was always told that the Dead Places would burn his feet, that is was covered in fog, enchantments, and their were supposed to be demons screeching. None of this was true, and he finally learns to accept it, even though it was hard to take in. That is the thing about truth,