By The Waters of Babylon: Why did Johns people, The Hill People revert to more primative ways of life?

          By The Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet, The Hill people have reverted to a more primitive way of life because everything they knew before about life has been destroyed by a war. They now live simply because cities have been destroyed and many people do not remember what life was like before. For instance, the Hill people are living in tribes. Without working cities they live together to survive. They hunt and gather together and look for metal in the dead houses They have started to believe in different ideas. In this short story they now have more fantasy like ideas about what to believe in and how they should live. Also, many of the people have forgotton how to read and write. Without civilized living the tribes rely a lot on religion and stories told by the priests.With many people killed by the war they dont remember past ways of life and have gone back to living simply.