By the Waters of Babylon

How does being the son of a priest impact the narrator’s life? Use at least two quotations from the story to support your answer

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The story takes place in some undefined post-apocalyptic future. Being the son of a priest means the narrator is steeped in the mythology of the tribe. This makes his discovery all the more disconcerting. The quest undertaken into the Place of the Gods is a trek across not just geographical space, but through the consciousness of history and knowledge and ignorance. As the odyssey unfolds, many of the truths that were naturally accepted as convention are revealed to be little more than myth. Forced into an experiential means of apprehending knowledge, the tangibility of the real world slowly eases the uncertain intangibility of mythology aside. The tangibility of this abstract theme is made manifest most directly by the hero’s desire to taste the foods of the dogs despite the risk that uncertainty entails.