What does the movie Babel have to do with COMM 375?
September 5, 2007
carmella7
In our first session of COMM 375 class we watched an excerpt from the movie Babel. Our teacher asked us to think about how this movie relates to our class. Comm was defined to us as the process of making meaning. From what I saw of Babel that was also something the characters where also looking for. Cultures trying to understand different cultures seemed to be a common characteristic of this movie. Arab children learning to relate to their father while learning that their actions have consequenses. Young American children learning the culture of Mexico and being able to look at the culture in a positive light. A couple in a foreign and unforgiving culture learning that the security blanket they are use to is not going to save them where they are. The wife trying to understand why she is in this country and what is this suppose to do for them as a couple in the future. The differences in the cultures seemed to be crossing as to showhow humans have a very hard time relating to what is unfamiliar to them. So going back to my original thought was that in this class we need to understand the process of language and what it means to others and ourselves when we use it. This I believe was the point to having us view this movie.
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anon136 |
September 9, 2007 at 10:16 pm
This response to the movie Babel addresses some of the questions of communication in the movie and its relation to this course. The response defines each situation for us in terms of meaning. They discuss the connections between different culutres and the varying ways of how and why we interact with one another. They go beyond the surface of what we saw in the movie and emerge with ideas such as the main theme of culture and understanding. They break down each scene so that we can understand the young girl and the young boy in Mexico as well as the frightening adventure of the tourists on the bus. It points straight to the fact that language and communication in the movie and in the class are vital to understanding one another.