3. When you are describing a human subject (the person doing or being something in the sentence),
an adjective clause begins with

american writer stephen vincent benét is the author of "by the waters of babylon". it was published in 1937.

the story is set in a future resulting of the destruction of industrial civilization, the story is narrated by a young named john. the priests of “the hill people” are the only ones who can handle metal collected from the “dead places”, which are the houses of long-ago-dead people whom they believe to be gods. the story tells the story of john’s self-assigned mission to get to the place of the gods.

john goes through the forest for eight days and crosses the river ou-dis-sun. once john gets to the place of the gods, he feels the energy and magic there. after being chased by dogs and climbing the stairs of a large building, john sees a dead god. upon viewing the visage, he has an epiphany that the gods were humans whose power overwhelmed their good nature. after john comes back to his tribe, he tells his father of "the place new york." his father advises him against recounting his experiences to others in the tribe, for sometimes too much truth is a bad thing. the story ends with john stating his conviction that, once he becomes the head priest, "we must build again."

the two pieces of detail that best reveal the setting of the passage are:

everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods

i walked forward to the place of the gods.