Shanna G. answered • 06/26/20
BA in Communications with over 10 years of tutoring English
Babel is a complicated source when looking at the political spectrum since it explores the politics of several different countries. I also wouldn't comfortably say that it only sits in one area of the spectrum since the characters change throughout. For example, before Susan is shot on the bus, the couple seem to live in their own comfortable world where money fixes everything. However, after Richard settles on staying in a very small village accepting any help he can for his wife, which isn't much, his ideology changes. We also see this example in the way he speaks to his maid before the wedding and then after. There are so many examples of this kind of change represented in Babel that it's hard to make a concrete assumption on any political intention by the director. However, because of that, I would lean toward it being more neutral.
I think there is a lot to analyze about the gun that was given away as a nice gesture only to have such deep ramifications. But again, we are looking at a communist country structure in that part of the story which is not the same as the other story lines.
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