By the Waters of Babylon Essay about The Waters Of Babylon

1. By the Waters of Babylon
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 of his past civilization. Whereas in the movie planet of the
apes it was from the point of view of a man that had come nearly directly from that past civilization.
The main people in charge keep knowledge from the public so they do not know the...show more
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The first animal life he saw was what seemed to be a primitive type of human that could not talk.
Upon approaching them they were ambushed and taken captive by apes with guns on horses.
These apes strangely could talk and reason. These apes captured the humans and locked them in
cages like violent, dumb, dirty animals. At first Taylor could not talk because upon capture he
had been shot in the neck. Two ape doctors recognized that he was not like the other and was
actually smart. When the two apes told the elder apes and Dr. Zayus about the smart human they
thought it was ridiculous and was going to charge the two doctors for the foolish idea. So they
helped Taylor escape and went into the forbidden zone for evidence and fossils. Dr. Zayus went
after them and they showed him the fossils and a talking baby doll. Dr. Zayus had already known
of this evidence but wanted to keep it secret form the other apes supposably for their own safety.
After all this Dr. Zayus still charged the two apes but let Taylor go to find his destiny. After a long
travel he finally finds something. Taylor finds the half of the Statue of Liberty at that moment he
realizes that he is home and he curses his people for ruining earth. In both of these stories
knowledge of their past has been withheld from the people so that they would not do it again.
Personally I think that knowledge is the key to preventing the people from making the same mistake
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2. Essay about The Waters Of Babylon
"By the Waters of Babylon"
I. Describe the story's exposition.
During the exposition you learn that it is forbidden to go to any of the
Dead Places except to search for metal, and he who touches the metal must be a priest of the son of
the priest. You also learn that John is the son of a priest and is training to become a priest.
II. Describe the story's conflict.
The conflict of the story is that John must over come his fears and go to the city. This is needed for
him to become a priest. He must go explore the city. III. What events make up the story's rising
action?
The rising action is made up of many parts. John touches a piece his father got from the Dead
Place. He then fasted for a day and wait...show more content...
The resolution is all summed up in two sentences. "They were men who were here before us.
We must build again." They will learn the ways of the old people, and from that they will
build a better civilization.
They learned that all the rules that had been put on them kept the from finding the truth about the
gods.
VII. What complications increase the plot's tension?
Several complications increase the plot's tension. There is great tension in the plot, because many of
the things he is seeing were destroyed and hard to understand what it is. We also cannot see what
other people are thinking, because the story is told in first person, John.
IX. Choose 3 important symbols and describe what they represent within the story. The metal
represents the rules that the people have and things they do not understand. The man represents what
humans used to be and again things they do not understand. The "ashing " statue
represents what people think of things that they cannot understand.
X. What sort of person is the main character.
John is a caring person. He is young so he is open to new ideas like the gods being human. He is a
well developed person. You see every aspect of John.
He also is a dynamic person. He changes from believing that the people in the
Dead Places were gods to believing that they were normal people.

3. XI. How does the setting affect the story's characters and the outcome?
The setting of the
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