Response to 12 Years a Slave

The ikon Twelve eld a Slave was ground on the striver storey written by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a free man, his resulting transition into a slave and his detainment as a slave irreversibly altered the course of his life. numerous aspects of the base highlighted in the moving picture are common themes in other slave reports. This movie adaptation of the slave narrative highlighted umpteen aspects of the slave narrative that stand out when render in pack as opposed to in print.\nI felt that of all the slave narratives we have read to date, Solomon Northups story is the best suited to the mass medium of film. His story starts in America, and as a free man. This appeals to film makers for a few reasons, unrivalled of which is the lack of bosom rush or the home in Africa. Not having to film the middle passage helped the film makers parry having to enlist too many people on reply on the set, and helped them be fit to avoid filming in the difficult setting. Thi s absence to a fault effects the narrative by helping to emphasize the ineffectual black people had in America, dismantle when free.\nemphasis on Solomons unique origin is presented in a way that seems so ordinary, so routine, that it draws attention to his order of abduction. Because Solomon is unable to produce paper that prove he is a freed man, his assertions on his actual indistinguishability and his pleas for freedom are ignored. He is beaten to silence him, and is non even given a chance to produce his papers. This loser to see him as a real person even though he was a free man, highlights the racism at the time.\nI really enjoyed the sizeableness placed on the fiddle. When he was a free man, Solomon compete the violin as a profession, and it was a wonderful function for him. Playing the violin allowed him to keep up his family, and it was something that make him special. After he was taken, his skill with the fiddle made him special, but only as a commodity. It mad e him deserving more money when he was so...