I agree with Tekla. Stick to the story for your thesis or whatever you call it.
What in the story rings as political to you?
Also, some people consider the Jesus (referred to as "Hay-Zeus" from here on) to be political. He defied the convention of his time and attempted to teach people to think for themselves by questioning authority. Don't believe in false idols is like saying "ask yourself if what you are being told is true to you".
He made an attempt to elevate the poor and disenfranchised people. This was a threat (along with the false idol thing) to the people in power. His death was a political act. He threatened the establishment.
Think about it. He used the language available at the time which was derived from a religious point of view. But he was speaking of the human soul, individuality, nonviolence, truth, trust, caring, dignity, and so on.
His message was about freedom in many ways. When people begin to look inside themselves for answers and begin to act on what they believe is true or right, it strips slavemasters and leaders of their power. Even if those freaks own your body, you can't allow them to own your soul.
If you transpose the message of the Hay-Zeus into modern psych speech, you pretty much have a solid message from the guy. I realized this after I read Jungian concepts.
So if the man in the story is acting in any way that would scare, undermine, or threaten those in power, he is, in fact, behaving as a radical in the eyes of those who hold power.
I could have said this better, but I'm doing it as I type.
