In conclusion, John traveled east to find out that the gods were actually humans and they were all dead. He finally realizes that the gods are actually human beings just like him. Everyone is dead, because of the destructive technology, which John does not know about. Third, he woke up and saw a wolf lying there, and more wolves came and tried to kill him, but he ran into a house and shut the door.Īfter all, of John's obstacles he finally gets to the forbidden land, and the land of the gods, New York. He just hopes he will not be taken out into the land of the legends. Second, he has to build a raft, to cross the Great River. Make inferences about the places in the story by noting.
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First, he meats a panther that is eating a fawn and the panther sees him and charges John, so, John shoots him in the eye. Define and explain literary devices related to By the Waters of Babylon, by Stephen Vincent Benet. On his way east, John encounters many Barriers that make it hard for him to travel. His dad says to tell the town what his experience, but slowly enough so they can understand. He also told his father, that he did not know why they were all dead. He tells him that the Gods were really people and they all were dead. He walks back west to where he lives, and talks to his father. He asks his dad if he can leave, and he starts traveling east. He first started going on trips with his dad, who is a priest, and who is not afraid of anything. In order to show that Johns a man he travels east where it is forbidden. Theme, the changes and ways characters look at thing, which John and his father thought gods were east but they were really people and they were all dead.
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Some of the concepts and terms he uses are: Sequence, the order events happened in the story to make the ending good Conflict, amongst John with outside forces Rites of Passage, John has to be a man and leave fast. Steven Vincent Benet, shows all of the different concepts and literary terms in this story.