By The Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet

BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
(Great Depression Time's Feelings)
¬-Nothing of course will ever take the place of the old
fashioned liking "of a work of art or not liking " it-
(Henry James)
If you find some clues about the future, "By the Water of Babylon" can help you.
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Story shows us the feelings of the 1930's people. It was written in response to the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Benet used his art to tell parables about the tumultuous events of his time that included the Great Depression.
After the First World War, starting the Second World War an…