Which quotation best explains why the narrator continues his journey to the Place of the Gods?
Read the
passage from "By the waters of Babylon."
Surely, that was enough to do, and live. Surely it was
enough to spend the night upon the cliff. The Forest
People themselves do not come near. Yet, all through
the night, I knew that I should have to cross the river
and walk in the places of the gods, although the gods
ate me up. My magic did not help me at all and yet
there was a fire in my bowels, a fire in my mind. When
the sun rose, I thought, "My journey has been clean.
Now I will go home from my journey." But, even as !
thought so, I knew I could not. If I went to the Place of
the Gods, I would surely die, but, if I did not go, I could
never be at peace with my spirit again. It is better to
lose one's life than one's spirit, if one is a priest and the
son of a priest.
"When the sun rose, I thought, 'My journey has been
clean."
"The Forest People themselves do not come near."
"I could never be at peace with my spirit again."
"My magic did not help me at all and yet there was a
fire."