By The Waters of Babylon
The waters of Babylon is a story of a destroyed futuristic world, narrated by a young man who was set on a journey to become a Man. He then began to uncover the knowledge behind the past of their civilization. The main character in the story is John, who is a round character. The secondary character in the story is John’s Father who is a priest. John showed different emotions during the story, from confusion to courage. He was also seen as ignorant because he was lacking knowledge about the East. He was most likely made that way so his unawareness and tie into the theme of taking knowledge for granted. Indeed, the theme of the fictional story, By The Waters of Babylon, is taking knowledge for granted. Knowledge …show more content…
He ended up going to the forbidden place of the East due to signs he receive from nature that he was destined to go there. John crossed the river and made it to what is known as today’s New York. After exploring the area John discovered what the people who lived there prior to the destruction were like and what they’ve encountered. He then returned from his journey explaining to his people how they must build up the civilization again. In the text John stated “ We must build again.” The plot shows relations towards the Psalm 137 of the Bible which is when people from Israel who lost their “promise land”. Additionally, the term Babylon, from the title, is defined as “rich and magnificent city believed to be a place of excessive luxury and wickedness.” This shows how John and his people lost the previous land due to the use of knowledge destroyed by of wickedness. Additionally, By The Waters of Babylon is a story that takes dystopian world in post war. The setting probably took place after 1945 since that was when world war 2 ended and around the same time the story was written. New York was the state in which the story took place, and the author most likely chose New York because it is a great landmark in the country. People lived as tribe civilians. Their society was disheveled and worn down. The areas they lived in and was explored were dilapidated and demolished by nuclear …show more content…
The reason being is because the reader’s world could potentially end up like John’s world. Us readers take technology for granted like those who lived before the nuclear in the story, so who says we might not end up in mass destruction? The alarming tone additionally helps set the curious mood that John faces. His curiosity of the power of knowledge then resulted in a fearful mood. Furthermore, the conflict was between John and himself because of his fear of the consequences of going East. On his journey, John was told to not to go to the forbidden East by his Father. He was then conflicted by the thought of going East, or following his father's words by not going. He then saw signs from nature and sought his destiny. To conclude, “By The Waters of Babylon” has a point of view of first person limited. As readers we were able to see and feel what John was encountering . For example in the text it states “My heart was troubled about going east, yet I knew that I must go.” This shows how we are able to capture the uneasiness that John felt about going East. In John’s point of view were also able to capture how “By the Waters of Babylon” was a post “apocalyptic” story that shows that destiny can lead us to the path of knowledge and
The waters of Babylon is a story of a destroyed futuristic world, narrated by a young man who was set on a journey to become a Man. He then began to uncover the knowledge behind the past of their civilization. The main character in the story is John, who is a round character. The secondary character in the story is John’s Father who is a priest. John showed different emotions during the story, from confusion to courage. He was also seen as ignorant because he was lacking knowledge about the East. He was most likely made that way so his unawareness and tie into the theme of taking knowledge for granted. Indeed, the theme of the fictional story, By The Waters of Babylon, is taking knowledge for granted. Knowledge …show more content…
He ended up going to the forbidden place of the East due to signs he receive from nature that he was destined to go there. John crossed the river and made it to what is known as today’s New York. After exploring the area John discovered what the people who lived there prior to the destruction were like and what they’ve encountered. He then returned from his journey explaining to his people how they must build up the civilization again. In the text John stated “ We must build again.” The plot shows relations towards the Psalm 137 of the Bible which is when people from Israel who lost their “promise land”. Additionally, the term Babylon, from the title, is defined as “rich and magnificent city believed to be a place of excessive luxury and wickedness.” This shows how John and his people lost the previous land due to the use of knowledge destroyed by of wickedness. Additionally, By The Waters of Babylon is a story that takes dystopian world in post war. The setting probably took place after 1945 since that was when world war 2 ended and around the same time the story was written. New York was the state in which the story took place, and the author most likely chose New York because it is a great landmark in the country. People lived as tribe civilians. Their society was disheveled and worn down. The areas they lived in and was explored were dilapidated and demolished by nuclear …show more content…
The reason being is because the reader’s world could potentially end up like John’s world. Us readers take technology for granted like those who lived before the nuclear in the story, so who says we might not end up in mass destruction? The alarming tone additionally helps set the curious mood that John faces. His curiosity of the power of knowledge then resulted in a fearful mood. Furthermore, the conflict was between John and himself because of his fear of the consequences of going East. On his journey, John was told to not to go to the forbidden East by his Father. He was then conflicted by the thought of going East, or following his father's words by not going. He then saw signs from nature and sought his destiny. To conclude, “By The Waters of Babylon” has a point of view of first person limited. As readers we were able to see and feel what John was encountering . For example in the text it states “My heart was troubled about going east, yet I knew that I must go.” This shows how we are able to capture the uneasiness that John felt about going East. In John’s point of view were also able to capture how “By the Waters of Babylon” was a post “apocalyptic” story that shows that destiny can lead us to the path of knowledge and