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Babel
Babel, the name of the Translation Institute building at Oxford, symbolizes the power that the British Empire holds over other people and countries as a result of its violent, immoral, and extractive colonialist practices. The…
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Silver Bars
The silver bars in Babel symbolize wealth, money, and power. Throughout the novel, Kuang uses those silver bars to underline the disparities in wealth and power that animate relationships between colonizers and the countries they…
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