By The Waters Of Babylon Greek Analysis

By The Waters of Babylon

The definition of the word apocalypse by the Greek is applicable in the book ‘By The Waters of Babylon’ in the sense that once the narrator John, the to be priest, discovers that the ‘gods’ that he and his tribe’s men have been looking up to is a man like them, he in turn derives that longing to acquire that knowledge that their ‘gods’ had in their life as he looks to make his people understand them and the knowledge they had to use it to better their lives as compared to the lives that their ‘gods’ had that led to their destruction.

The reason that drives me to this answer is built from the understanding established from the book and the example that is evident from the book is the journey that the narrator undertakes

The relationship between the words of John and the answer provided makes it known all too well that the Greek definition was appropriate to have its application in the book. What this answer shows is that the relationship cannot be denied. This is portrayed through the example provided above that makes the narrator ‘realize that the “god” is only a man and that despite its wonders, this city, New York, was once a city of men like himself, he longs for the knowledge they possessed and is sure to his ability to use that knowledge more wisely than they.’ Additionally, what makes the relationship between the Greek definition and the book is also evidenced in the following, ‘as a new priest, he will help his people to make a new beginning recapturing lost knowledge from the broke city in order to begin again.’ This shows that irrespective of what the hill people believed, breaking down the taboos did not mean death. Contrary, it translated to the realization of knowledge that was beneficial to them. What this relates to the answer above is that knowledge was disclosed to the hill people out of their priest’s to be intention of breaking the societal norms to discover what lied on the east side where upon breaking the norms, knowledge was disclosed to them concerning who their ‘gods’ were and how they lived their lives to their