Comparing The Lottery In Babylon And The Library Of Babel

The motif of light and pureness is magnified numerously to juxtapose the dystopian society. The untainted diction Bradbury maintains exemplifies his perspective of books, for the readers to acknowledge. Not only does he compare books to pigeons, he inserts unsullied words to further epitomize the author’s view of books.

Two cultures, Mesopotamians and Hebrew, despite being separated through time and geography, are very similar. Among these similarities were their flood stories. Both cultures felt they had displeased their God or gods, though either sin or clamor, and in anger these deities decided to flood and kill all of humankind. In both cases, the God or gods took pity on a single family, allowing them to live and prosper. Both Noah and Utnapishtim were instructed to take all animals on the boat. In the case of the Hebrews, there was a specific number of each animal that should be taken on the boat. This number was seven. The Mesopotamians emphasized this same number, but in relation to how long it rained. Obviously the dove is a sacred bird in both cultures

Did you know that Hammurabi’s codes affected so many lives when he was king? Hammurabi created the code of laws in 1754 BCE. He wrote these laws in the Babylonian empire. He wrote the laws to keep Babylon in order. Hammurabi’s codes were mostly unjust because people were dying and getting injured.

In Ray Bradbury’s fictional novel about the horrifying future, he discusses topics that, politically and socially, can relate to Judith Ortiz Cofer’s short story; The Paterson Public Library. These two pertain to each other because both Bradbury’s and Cofer’s characters are afraid of situations that involve books. Though they do compare in many ways, there are also differences between the stories.

To lack knowledge someone should know by heart is a daily conundrum existing with Equality and the rest of the society, for the single exception of the House of Scholars, which even there, little of the knowledge we hold is taught there. Equality had other plans, however. He seeked knowledge, not a street sweeper job, another “sin” on his conscious. After discovering a tunnel to the underground, he held it secret, as too keep it safe, and a place to be truly private. By

Did you know “it is strictly forbidden to cross the river and look upon the place of the gods”-By The Waters Of Babylon. Stephen Vincent Benet wrote “By The Waters Of Babylon”. He introduces the priest and the son of the priest John. In “The Waters Of Babylon” there was a quest to be fulfilled, but no one was brave enough to fulfill that. John felt an internal passion to go on the quest. So at the end he gained knowledge that everyone was afraid of. The author “By The Waters Of Babylon” uses modern society as textual symbols which are spirits and demons, deer, and a door with a broken lock.

We as humans tend to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. We look for knowledge about everybody and everything that surrounds us from our day-to-day life. Sadly though, we must accept that in the grand scheme of life we (as a society) tend to put pleasure above our quest for knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge tends to take time and energy, two things we call invaluable, and it also shows us things that might depress us. Contrastingly, ignorance takes no time and energy. Also, (as the common saying goes) ignorance is bliss. It keeps ugly truths away from us. But that is no reason to forsake knowledge for ignorance. In the early 1900’s, two books were published that would eventually be referred to the pinnacle of classical literature.

King Hammurabi of Babylon wrote the Code of Hammurabi to establish laws in order to “promote the welfare of the people.” In other words, to give his subjects a set of guidelines on how to act according to social standing and in situations that affected their day-to-day lives. The Code of Hammurabi was engraved into pillars of buildings in the city of Babylon. “This image embodies the Mesopotamian belief that kings were divinely appointed and thereby responsible for imparting justice and promoting their subjects’ welfare.” This demonstrated that the intended audience was the residents of Babylon, under King Hammurabi’s rule. The content of the code reveals that the society placed value in class standing and justice. Value in class standing

In his collection of short stories, Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges uses dreams, imagination and fantasy to establish ambiguity in his stories. With the use of juxtaposition and symbols, Borges blends a realm of dreams and imagination into the individual’s everyday worldly experiences. Through these devices, Borges commonly blurs the line between aspects of reality for his characters versus the constructs of his or her mind. By combining the real with the fictitious, Borges incorporates ambiguity into his stories and introduces his readers to new perspectives of world around them.

The year is 1901- the United States stock market just crashed for the very first time, typhoid fever has broken out in Seattle, and several other, minor catastrophes are occurring in various parts of the world; but for the most part, people are living out their daily lives as they normally would. However, one fateful day in Iran, a group of French archaeologists make a groundbreaking discovery while excavating. What they come across is none other than the pillar of Hammurabi’s Code of Laws, a magnificent basalt structure depicting the first written code of laws for any civilization, created by King Hammurabi himself for what was known as the Old Babylon period (ushistory.org 2016). Although there is definitely no question that Babylon thrived under the rule of Hammurabi, and that he did a remarkable job at keeping order and justice

In Jorge Luis Borges’ short story “The Library of Babel”, the author depicts the entire universe in the form of a mysterious and intricate “Library.” The author gives life to the library by describing the fruit- like “bulbs” that emit light, as well as a vestibule which contains two compartments for “sleeping and satisfying one’s physical necessities.” (Borges 112) This library is lined with “an infinite number of hexagonal galleries,”(Borges 112) containing bookshelves with an immeasurable amount of books. However, most of these books are indecipherable, and therefore, meaningless. Borges’ characterization of the library leads the reader to believe that he is alluding to the numerous books of the Bible. He questions the Bible’

Blozis Company is a manufacturer of highly technical equipment for use in industrial applications. Part of their business is selling pre-fabricated items off the shelf. However, the majority of their business is related to building specialty technical equipment to the customer’s specifications.

Marijuana, also referred to as Cannabis sativa, is a drug whose leaves and other parts of the hemp are smoked to cause an effect that is usually referred to as “high” by most people. Since the existence of the drug became known, the issue as to whether marijuana should be legalized or not is a debate that has been highly contested. Regardless of its negative effects, marijuana has been tested by the American Society and proven to be beneficial. The core purpose of the essay is to elaborate why marijuana should be legalized in all states in the US.

In the beginning, the animals believe that they are oppressed by humans. I believe that Old Major is repeating their exact thoughts - that their work is unjustified by the treatment they are receiving. Likewise, I think that Orwell was really clever in choosing to tell his story through the perspective of the animals rather than telling it from a human standpoint. The animals talk and act like humans, and this makes Animal Farm an allegory, or metaphor of human history. In effect, much of the animals’ actions can be predicted with the help of history. (96 words)

Babylonian civilization is considered as one of the most important civilizations in the ancient world. The Babylonians took and developed everything after the Sumerians civilization especially in the spiritual realm and in the field of building an integrated civilization. The earlier civilizations had big role in the Babylonians civilization period when Babylonians took all the cuneiform writing, mathematical and astronomical knowledge, in addition to that the method of building cities, dams and etc. they improved all of them. The development of knowledge continued by Babylonian where the Sumerians stop, and the Babylonian built an empire for themselves on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the southern part of Sumer (Iraq). "The first Amuriyahian family has ruled over Babylon in the period (1830- 1530 BC), when Babylon was a mini-states at the time." Then the greatest king of Babylonian Hammurabi appeared in the seventeenth century BC. He established a famous group of laws known by (Hammurabi code).Also he was the king who united this petty States and achieved an important architectural movement in the city of Babylon.