Dystopian Society In By The Waters Of Babylon
there are many factors that make up a dystopian society. All of which can be pointed out through the story of "By the waters of Babylon". From the imperfect government to the tragedyless, and carefree environment. So as long as you understand that a dystopian society is the opposite of a utopian society, and that anything that can go wrong basically will you can see how By the waters of Babylon is a story about a man from a dystopian society. The oxford American desk dictionary and thesaurus defines utopia with "imagined perfect place or state of things" we know that dystopia is the polar opposite of this. The government in BTWB was led by superstitious priests. This is shown when Johns father finds metal, and passes it on to john
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Because yet again. A utopian society is perfect but we see that johns society doesn't witness this. In fact we know they do experience death and tragedy not only from "the metal test" but also from how they speak of the forest people who are basically a bunch of savages. He speaks about terror they cause so we simply know that they witness tragedies. Another important piece would be a carefree environment. John visits the place of the gods knowing that it was illegal. Once he returns home he tells his father of the things he saw and states "I have been to the place of the gods and seen it! Now slay me if it is the law." With this amazing information one of the first things he is concerned with is "being slain". Traditionally humans wouldn't worry about this, not to mention the thought probably would have never crossed his mind had this been a utopian society. In the end with all f this information we have a basic idea of how some things such as government, and basic human lifestyle is affected by a dystopian society. As well as how it applies to the story and how it compares to a utopian society. This are not the only ways of spotting a dystopian society, but are a few that are very noticeable. There is an endless amount of ways that there could be a dystopian society just like how there could be an infinite amount of utopian
Because yet again. A utopian society is perfect but we see that johns society doesn't witness this. In fact we know they do experience death and tragedy not only from "the metal test" but also from how they speak of the forest people who are basically a bunch of savages. He speaks about terror they cause so we simply know that they witness tragedies. Another important piece would be a carefree environment. John visits the place of the gods knowing that it was illegal. Once he returns home he tells his father of the things he saw and states "I have been to the place of the gods and seen it! Now slay me if it is the law." With this amazing information one of the first things he is concerned with is "being slain". Traditionally humans wouldn't worry about this, not to mention the thought probably would have never crossed his mind had this been a utopian society. In the end with all f this information we have a basic idea of how some things such as government, and basic human lifestyle is affected by a dystopian society. As well as how it applies to the story and how it compares to a utopian society. This are not the only ways of spotting a dystopian society, but are a few that are very noticeable. There is an endless amount of ways that there could be a dystopian society just like how there could be an infinite amount of utopian