By The Waters Of Babylon Summary

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In the story “By the Waters of Babylon” written by Stephen Vincent Benet, the author reveal to us what could happen to society in the future. This alarmed us to look around and think twice about our actions today. Especially with the events that have been going on, we are much alarmed now than ever before. In this era, we have discovered many scientific findings but we are only taking them for granted. In the story, it was mentioned that the dead place was destroyed by the “gods” themselves. It is reflected the actions we humans are doing to our planet today and the possible outcome if we don’t stop. This story is told in the first person point of view of a boy and his journey to gain knowledge. As the story progress, we are able to get a glimpse of his thoughts and feelings along the way. His adventure as he searches the Dead Place was shared with us. Along with his findings, we are able to see his reactions, feelings, and thoughts through his eyes. In the story, we were able to see his dream about the Dead Place before it turned into ancient ruins. With this point of view, we were able to put the puzzle together and figure out where and what was happening in the story. The story “By the Waters of Babylon” written by Stephen Vincent Benet. In the point of view of the protagonist of the …show more content…

The way the story was told makes you curious for it does not mention specific details a story would mention the settings. In the eyes of John, we got to see his experience in his journey to the dead place. Felt the frightening experiences when he crossed the bridge or when he was being chased by the pack of wolves. Or the terrifying image of John's dream about the dead place before the great burning. “Then I saw the dead god. He was sitting in his chair, by the window, in a room I had not entered before and, for the first moment, I thought that he was alive.”This gets the whole mood enlightened and

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