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How Many Miles To Babylon: Cultural Context
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Context for How Many Miles To Babylon?
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How Many Miles To Babylon: Cultural Context
Class
Upper class, Anglo-Irish aristocracy
Wealthy background
Reference to estate, stables, lake and house
Afford private education and trips around the world
Jerry's poverty
Jeremiah; 'Not a typical peasant name'
'There's nothing to do at home but plant the spuds and then dig them up and eat them'
'He was much smaller than I was'
Setting
Early modern twentieth century society
Wicklow
Irish Nationalist movement
Political conflict
Trenches warfare in France
WW1
Religion
Protestant VS Catholic
Alec is well educated, learns latin
Neither take religion seriously, parody blessing in pub
'Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus Dominus Deus Saboth'
Jerry spits on the ground when Alec asks if the priest has come
'Now father bless me...'
Church rules and catechism plays a role at the end.
Alec takes no comfort from religion before death
'Faith is to comfort the living, it seems to me that it may be irrelevant for the dead.'
Morality of shooting Jerry
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