Faith, Chance, and Baby Diego

After watching the scene in the film where Jasper is telling the story of Theo’s son Dillon by relating his horrible outcome to the relationship between faith and chance, I couldn’t help but think about what the outcome would be if you applied the same concept to Baby Diego and Kee’s baby. Being the youngest person alive, the last one to be born is nothing but chance. Civilians had Baby Diego as their closest memory of what it is like to see or have a baby in that world. The chance that another baby might come along was slim, but people still had faith in that chance. Once Diego was gone, the faith was gone, until another chance at fertility showed itself again through Kee. If you think about it, there are three prevalent lives within the film where the relationship between faith and chance are very active. Dillion’s, Baby Diego’s, and now Kee’s baby. Third time is a charm.

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  1. I also feel that faith is a big part of the movie due to the many biblical references made throughout the movie. Since faith is a big part of christianity, it would only make sense that there should have been a lot of faith within the characters. I wonder though why CuarĂ³n decided to base Dillion and Kee’s journey similar to Mary’s.

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