5a. You asked what did I mean by "How one reached this conclusion on question 5. I need to know how you knew the at what point in the story that one could begin to figure out what the Place of the Gods were?
John reaches what is believed to be the Hudson River in paragraph number 22 of the text;
The text reads;
"The towers are not all broken—here and there one still stands, like a great tree in a forest, and the birds nest high. But the towers themselves look blind, for the gods are gone. I saw a fishhawk, catching fish in the river. I saw a little dance of white butterflies over a great heap of broken stones and columns. I went there and looked about me—there was a carved stone with cut—letters, broken in half. I can read letters but I could not understand these. They said UBTREAS. There was also the shattered image of a man or a god. It had been made of white stone and he wore his hair tied back like a woman's. His name was ASHING, as I read on the cracked half of a stone. I thought it wise to pray to ASHING, though I do not know that god."
Although some people believe that the "city" may have been different than NYC; the following hints have caused people to believe that it is......
Ou-dis-sun is believed to be the Hudson River.
A statue with the word "ASHING" is believed to be George Washington.
A building marked "UBTREAS" is thought to be the United States Sub-Treasury building.
John walks through a building marked by stars on the ceiling and inside of its tunnels. This is assumed to be the Grand Central Terminal.
