Babylon+OPE+Nicole


 * Heading**: Nicole Kim, Block E
 * Question**: Why do you think the story is entitled //By the Waters of Babylon?//
 * Title**: The Old and New

The title of Benet' short story, //By the Waters of Babylon,// establishes the river-based setting of the story, New York City. When John comes to an epiphany that "We shall go to the Place of the Gods—the place newyork—not one man but a company."meaning that he realized that the fascinating place was the New York City. As the title indicates, t he oldest civilization of Babylon and the New York City shares much in common, their locations being along the banks of the Euphrates and the Hudson River, as well as being one of the most developed civilizations of its time. It is also a representation of the old and the new, those of Babylon and those of New York City. Thus, the title is named after the famous civilization to compare those of New York and those of Babylon.