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The Myth Of The Tower Of Babel

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The myth of the Tower of Babel gives the explanation of how different languages came to exist. When Beatty refers to this Tower, it comes to a deeper meaning; the people in this dystopian society should not share ideas. Their minds are controlled and manipulated the way the government wants the citizens to move. The Tower of Babel was used as an allusion because like in the Bible, these people had no true communication.

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