Essay about The Waters Of Babylon

Technology can be too smart for our own good. Nuclear bombs have killed innocent people and technology will too. In the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benét there was a nuclear bomb that went off and destroyed everything but some people did survive. In There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury there was a nuclear bomb that destroyed everything but a smart house. There Will Come Soft Rains was more disturbing than The Waters of Babylon because of the fact that it is about a house that has a brain type computer chip.

John realizes in confessing his name he will be an outcast, and have no one's respect. John points out, “I have three children-How may I teach them to walk like men in the world” (IV.703-5). Even his kids won’t have respect for him if he would lie to save his life. In signing his name the community would snicker at his name as they pass the church doors proud not to be a sinner as he was. He would have little to live for in life. He would have few to no friends, his family would be divided and he would be an outcast. As John examines his predicament he must see all the divided families and despair to come unless something was done. In death John put aside his own life to stop the hysteria that would lead to the demise of many more

One of the many themes developed in the novel, A Separate Peace, is fear. Going to war, not excelling in studies, and jumping from a tree are three events that show how fear is portrayed throughout the story. Fear is an important theme in this story because almost every character ends up being consumed by fear. The entire story revolves around fear and without it, the story wouldn’t be the same.

At the realization of the truth, John breaks down and sobs, not only from seeing how his race had been devastated before, but also at the realization that all the knowledge he had gathered as a child was false. In his unyielding desire to learn more, he never thought of what would happen once he gained the knowledge that he wanted, and if he would be satisfied if it revealed something he didn’t want to learn.

fear throughout the story. The narrator says, “...-Oh! For a voice to speak! -oh! any horror but

books in their possession, the books will be burned and the owner imprisoned or killed.

the sake of truth. We can see that John is a good man deep down, who

The story “By The Water Of Babylon”, written by Stephen Vincent Benet, has a plethora of aspects of literary elements that depict the story. The following analyzes the story using the seven elements of fiction.

As people travel down the path of life, they begin to realize who the important people in their lives are. When people share the same commitment between each other, they are willing to do anything for one another. John and Elizabeth share this commitment and connection, although the path hasn’t been smooth. Through thick and thin, John changes throughout the story not only for himself, but for his friends and his wife, Elizabeth.

We understand he is an authority figure at the beginning by showing he was a father and the eldest man of his household. Traditionally in society being the oldest male member in a household puts them in the position as “man of the house”. Typically meaning they are the ones to provide, protect, and be there for the rest of the family. Showing John in this active position proves his credibility, a little later it is also made known that he is also a prominent figure in his community. He refers to all the members of his community as neighbors and when the kidnappers need to address all the captives they use him to make the announcements. Another way he appeals to ethos is his religious devotion. Because he is so religious the reader could assume he has his morals strait and values the right things which adds to his credibility. His religion is also used as

John saw God do a lot of great things. John wrote about when Jesus turned water into wine. Jesus was at a wedding when the host ran out of wine. He did not know what to do. Jesus told them to fill up the jars with water, and then said take some to the master of the house. The man who took the water was very nervous, and did not think it would work. When the master tasted the water and it was wine. John also wrote about Jesus healing people at the pool. Jesus saw a man lying by the pool wanting to get in. But every time he would get close to the pool, someone else would get there

185). The conflict arises when his persona undergoes a change and loses its strength since he becomes an immigrant in a country that does not value him as much as he expects. At this point, other three parts of his psyche starts to reveal his unrevealed emotions such as fear, violence and depression.

Characterization: John is slowly becoming more dependent on alcohol, and is slowly becoming his father. He is still trying to lie to himself even when it’s obvious he is.

But there was this one day, they had somebody putting people in harm and more people had already needed help. His name was Evil Man and John didn’t think he would be able to stop him. He was already trying to help people who needed help before that. Then he heard about the bad guy Evil Man.

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.