in the short story "by the water of babylon" How does the use of dramatic irony in the story help to set the scene of a dystopian setting? someone please answer!!

The phrase "by the waters of Babylon" is an allusion to Psalm 137, in which the Israelites mourn their exile from Jerusalem and weep over their memory of their lost homeland. ... Like the Israelites, he laments over what was lost and holds the hope his people can return to it.

Explanation:

he does not belive what the men tell him about the jungle

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