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    “By the Waters of Babylon” Analytical Essay "It is better to lose one’s life than one’s spirit." John went out of his way to visit the Place of the Gods‚ despite the forest people‚ who could have killed him. Knowledge and truth‚ to him‚ was more important than his own life. “By the Waters of Babylon” has a major theme of ‘our society eats knowledge entirely too fast.” In “By the Waters of Babylon” you will meet John‚ a character who learns through a difficult journey that knowledge can be very costly

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    BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON PLANET OF THE APES COMPARITIVE ESSAY The short story by the waters of Babylon and the movie planet of the apes were both futuristic stories. They also both showed the evil sides of today’s man and the chaos and mass destruction that we are capable of accomplishing. They portrayed today’s man as selfish‚ violent‚ and full of hate and rage. By the waters of Babylon was written from the point of view of a boy close to becoming a man who knew nothing

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    BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON In the short story “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet the author uses structure to impact the readers understanding of truth by using the literary device Foreshadowing and another literary device situation Irony. “It is forbidden to cross the Great river and look upon the place that was the place of the gods-This is the most strictly forbidden”. The author gives hints along the story that changes the readers perspective from what seems a long lost broken

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    Title: By the Waters of Babylon Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RL.9-10.1‚ RL.9-10.2‚ RL.9-10.3‚ RL.9-10.4‚ RL.9-10.5‚ RL.9-10.10; W.9-10.1‚ W.9-10.4‚ W.9-10.7; SL.9-10.1‚ SL.9-10.4; L.9-10.1‚ L.9-10.2‚ L.9-10.4 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away

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    Discussion Questions for “By the Waters of Babylon” First of all‚ it is important for you to understand that this story was published in 1937‚ one year before the atom was first split in half in the process known as nuclear fission‚ which is what made nuclear weapons possible. Also‚ in the year 1937‚ the Fascist forces of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco‚ along with the German Luftwaffe‚ launched an aerial attack and bombed the city of Guernica (in the Basque part of Spain) into oblivion.

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    (Paragraph 2) By the Waters of Babylon is about a son of a priest & becoming priest by the name of John who goes on a quest to find himself & show he is worthy to become a priest. Just as in the movie “The Village” there are forbidden places enter into. It’s forbidden to go to any of the dead places except to search for metal & he who touches the metal must be a priest or son of a priest or they will die. John’s father takes him on a journey to search for metal & it is only after

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    "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once‚ you may die of the truth. It was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places." The truth is a very important thing for an individual. It can be very useful or very destructive depending on how it is used. The significance of the quote made by John’s father could be broken down in to three different sections according to each statement. First of these statements is "Truth is a had deer to hunt." the second of these statements

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    In the short story‚ By the Waters of Babylon‚ by Stephen Vincent Benet‚ (April 25‚ 1963) the name seems to be given based on that Babylon was once the largest city in the world for 300 years in 539 b.c.‚ Babylon was a very advanced society for the time of its construction‚ and the name Babylon means Gate of the Gods in the language Akkadian. Babylon was one of the largest cities in the world for one hundred years‚ then it lost most of its valor for a few hundred years then later became the biggest

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    By the Waters of Babylon (Paragraph) In the short story‚ “By the Waters of Babylon‚” the human quest for knowledge is sometimes dangerous but cannot be extinguished. John understands that the only way to gain more knowledge is to explore the world around him even though such expedition involves great risks. During the conversation between John and his father‚ he expresses his true thoughts about himself. He feels the need to finally go on a journey to fulfill his burning desire for more insight

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    In the course of time‚ technology will soon take over if it is not controlled. “By the Waters of Babylon”‚ written by Stephen Vincent Benét‚ tells the story of a young member of the Hill People who has been curious about the ancient civilization before him. Benét is trying to get the message out to his readers that mankind is becoming so dependent on technology and machines that they will soon destroy themselves‚ It also creates a disturbing view on what was going to happen to mankind if they continued

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