Which statements from By the Waters of Babylon provides the best example of how the physical environment shapes the characters actions?

John lists tribal taboos but he does not explain why it is forbidden to visit certain places, why only the priests can collect metal, or what the Dead Places, the Great Burning, or the Place of the Gods are. As a result, readers are immediately intended to see these laws as superstitious, and are likely to view John and his society as culturally “primitive” and perhaps pre-modern.

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