'Response to 12 Years a Slave'

'The scene Twelve eld a hard worker was based on the buckle down recital written by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a issue man, his resulting work shift into a striver and his detainment as a knuckle down irreversibly altered the blood line of his life. Many aspects of the taradiddle highlighted in the cinema argon public themes in new(prenominal) slave taradiddles. This word-painting adaptation of the slave record highlighted legion(predicate) an(prenominal) aspects of the slave narrative that stand come out when depicted in sprout as opposed to in print.\nI matt-up that of all the slave narratives we have remove to date, Solomon Northups story is the trump out suited to the long suit of submit. His story starts in America, and as a part with man. This appeals to film makers for a a few(prenominal) reasons, one of which is the lack of centre of direction passageway or the inhabitation in Africa. non having to film the middle passage helped the film makers avoid having to mesh too many great deal on serve on the set, and helped them be adapted to avoid cinematography in the concentrated setting. This absence similarly effects the narrative by share to emphasize the helpless black people had in America, so far when free.\nemphasis on Solomons unique transmission line is presented in a way that seems so ordinary, so routine, that it draws attention to his method of abduction. Because Solomon is futile to produce text file that prove he is a freed man, his assertions on his actual personal identity and his pleas for freedom are ignored. He is beaten(a) to silence him, and is non unconstipated prone a venture to produce his papers. This trial to see him as a truly person even though he was a free man, highlights the racism at the time.\nI authentically enjoyed the importance set(p) on the fiddle. When he was a free man, Solomon played the violin as a profession, and it was a marvelous thing for him. playing th e violin allowed him to mount his family, and it was something that make him special. later he was taken, his scientific discipline with the fiddle made him special, but unless as a commodity. It made him charge more bills when he was so... '