"By the Waters of Babylon" is about a boy in future times who wants to know about the past.

The short story "By the Waters of Babylon" is about a man that tries to find the answers of the past civilization. This story is like our times because we try to find to find our past if we were made by God or if we evolved by apes. "By the Waters of Babylon" has a good setting, rising action, and is full of action, which makes this story good to read. The setting of …

…a good story to read. The setting is very good because it gets right to the point. The rising action is very good because you can see what is really happening in the story with your imagination. The action is very good it takes to into the conflicts of John and you want to just keep reading more and more. Any body that likes short stories with a lot of conflicts would love this story.