The stories By the Waters of Babylon and There Will Come Soft Rains both show the weaknesses in man's technology. ... By the Waters of Babylon takes place in New York while There Will Come Soft Rains happens in California. ... In There Will Come Soft Rains fire retook what was nature's while in By the Waters of Babylon it was man that sent itself back into nature's clutch. In the story By the Waters of Babylon the main character was John. ...

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The Middle East country I visited for 7 days was Iraq. Although research and articles did not suggest that Americans go there, I took a plane that landed in Baghdad, which is the capital of Iraq. Once I arrived I took a taxi to a home in the city. I stayed with a family. This was arranged through an...

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Throughout the world, the United States taking action against the now former Iraqi regime has been a heated topic. Should we pull out now because we have no business being there? Not at all, force against the Iraqi regime was the only way to solve the problem. The problem was the Iraqi regime vio...

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