By The Waters of Babylon

We will be reading one of my favorite stories: By The Waters of Babylon. The title of the story is taken from a bible verse, Psalm 137: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."

The story itself is a little bit of a puzzle. The question of the puzzle is: When is this happening, and where? There are hints throughout the story that will answer this.

5. In your opinion, which event in the story impacts the narrator the most.

6. What does John mean when he says "we must build again?"

7. As you already determined, Babylon was a large city full of people and culture during the writing of the old testament. What city is actually featured in this story, and how was it similar to Babylon? It isnt directly stated you have to puzzle it out)

8. Do you think it is dangerous to have too much technology and too much knowledge? Do we stop being "human at some point if we gain enough knowledge and technology or should we continue to strive for it?

9. What did you think the message of this story was? Hint: it was written around the time when America as first creating the nuclear bomb