Babylon+OPE+Minji

Evaluative: Do you think it was a good choice after all that John pushed forward anyway to go through the forbidden places although they were off limits? The protagonist’s reckless decision on committing illegal action, in Stephen Vincent Benet’s //By the Waters of Babylon,// appeared to be a righteous choice since he eventually learned significant lesson that would latter develop his society. In the story, the Place of God is strictly prohibited and fearful place for John’s, the main character, and hometown. However, his intention of acquiring the know more information cause him to go through off limited trip, meaning that he chose to pass through the entire forbidden region where there exists figure of demon and gods. Eventually, he became competent on getting the idea that the originator of the wonderful Place of God is human being. It astonished him owing to the fact that it was a place, overwhelmed with “magic”. Consequently, after the strenuous journey to the prohibited place, the Place of God, he realized the necessity of the proficiency; it is excessively prominent to the people in the environment, which they lacked sense of the knowledge. Indeed, he guessed that the human being who lived in Place of God “ ate knowledge too fast”. This proved that he would build up the civilization with developed ideas but careful on taking too rapid improvement. Without his commitment on passing through banned river and areas, there would not be any sense of noteworthiness of knowledge in Hill people’s life.