Babel: Stereotype and CommunicationThe film Babel (2006), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, is an interesting and impressive film. This film shows four different episodes, all connected to each other. This film is about the relationship between stereotypes and people's communication, and the way the film addresses the topic with the audience is very interesting, because there are many episodes. There are four episodes in this film; the first is Susan and Richard's story, the second is Yusef's episode, the third is Amelia's episode and the last is Chieko's story. At the beginning of the film, Susan, who is an American tourist in Morocco, is hit on by a Moroccan boy, Yusef. Because of this, the other tourists on the bus scattered around the village. The scene in the village showed many examples of stereotyping and communication disconnection. Other tourists feel many stereotypes about the small village and are afraid. The stereotype they have is that people in the village might hurt them; they think that the people of the village are dangerous and could take them hostage for terrorist purposes. They decide to leave the village without Susan and her husband Richard. Richard asks them to wait, but the tourists don't want to. This scene where Richard and the other tourists argue highlights people's selfishness. Because of the stereotypes and selfishness they harbored towards each other, Richard and the tourists were unable to communicate well. They didn't consider each other's situations, didn't listen to each other and stuck to their own point of view. Furthermore, the film shows another example of stereotyping by showing Yusef's episode. Shooting Susan was just a simple mistake. Yusef had to but...... middle of paper ......understand her, but he didn't really understand her, but it made her even more alone. If she could have a deep conversation with her daughter and be with her frequently, Chieko would not have chosen the wrong path and would also have learned to communicate with others. Ultimately, Chieko was unable to communicate well with people, and people ended up harboring another prejudice about Chieko. In conclusion, there are a lot of stereotypes in this film; stereotypes about countries, foreigners, immigrants and disabled people. The film criticizes these stereotypes in society and shows how communication interacts within the stereotypes. The communication breakdown comes from the stereotype, and the stereotype comes from the communication breakdown. However, the film explains that we could communicate with each other if we don't judge people by their appearance.