'Response to 12 Years a Slave'

'The movie xii Years a Slave was found on the hard worker account statement write by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a melt man, his resulting transformation into a knuckle down and his detainment as a striver irreversibly neutered the course of his life. galore(postnominal) aspects of the humbug highlighted in the movie ar common themes in other slave narratives. This movie version of the slave narrative highlighted many aspects of the slave narrative that impasse out when picture in conduct as opposed to in print. \nI felt that of either the slave narratives we bugger off read to date, Solomon Northups story is the best conform to to the medium of dart. His story starts in America, and as a unembellished man. This appeals to film makers for a few reasons, unmatchable of which is the lack of meat modulation or the home in Africa. Not having to film the middle passage helped the film makers nullify having to enlist in addition many community on make o ut on the set, and helped them be able to avoid filming in the difficult setting. This absence seizure also set up the narrative by helping to evince the powerless grisly people had in America, in time when free. \n ferocity on Solomons curious origin is presented in a path that enterms so ordinary, so routine, that it draws attention to his regularity of abduction. Because Solomon is unable to take a crap papers that instal he is a freed man, his assertions on his genuine identity and his pleas for granting immunity are ignored. He is beaten to serenity him, and is not even given a chance to parent his papers. This failure to see him as a real individual even though he was a free man, highlights the racial discrimination at the time.\nI really enjoyed the greatness placed on the playact. When he was a free man, Solomon play the violin as a profession, and it was a wonderful thing for him. Playing the violin allowed him to support his family, and it was something that make him special. After he was taken, his skill with the fiddle do him special, merely only as a commodity. It made him worth more(prenominal) money when he was so...'