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Alas, Babylon: Whats

In A Name?

Alas Babylon is a story written about a nuclear attack and how people try to

survive. There are many drastic measures in which they use in order to stay alive. The

title of the book comes from the bible. Alas, Babylon which is kind of like a warning,

used in the apostle of John. The nuclear explosion nearly turned the world around over

anger. But toward the end everything seems to work out, and even though they went

through many hard times everyhting turns out allright.


After a nuclear attack takes the United States in suprise, The people of River

Road have to work together for the survival of everyone. Many people find little things

that they would usually take for granit to be of a lot
more value to them. Franks qoute,

"We're all going to learn how to walk again."(Frank 32) shows that he understands the

task ahead of them. There were such phases in which they would have to overcome......

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