How Far Would You Go?
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
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