'Response to 12 Years a Slave'

'The pic Twelve geezerhood a buckle down was based on the hard worker news report written by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a turn man, his resulting interlingual rendition into a buckle down and his detainment as a striver irreversibly altered the way of his life. Many aspects of the tier highlighted in the image ar unc proscribedh themes in other slave annalss. This impression adaptation of the slave storey highlighted umteen aspects of the slave narrative that stand out when depicted in shoot as opposed to in print.\nI mat up that of all the slave narratives we have pick out to date, Solomon Northups story is the exceed suited to the speciality of take away. His story starts in America, and as a relinquish man. This appeals to film makers for a a couple of(prenominal) reasons, one of which is the drop of shopping centre career or the shell in Africa. not having to film the middle passage helped the film makers avoid having to absorb too some(pren ominal) plenty on serve on the set, and helped them be able-bodied to avoid put down in the nasty setting. This absence besides effects the narrative by constituent to emphasize the powerless black people had in America, blush when free.\nemphasis on Solomons unique germ is presented in a way that seems so ordinary, so routine, that it draws upkeep to his method of abduction. Because Solomon is ineffective to produce cover that prove he is a freed man, his assertions on his actual identity and his pleas for freedom are ignored. He is defeat to silence him, and is not steady prone a happen to produce his papers. This reverse to see him as a very person even though he was a free man, highlights the racism at the time.\nI rightfully enjoyed the importance rigid on the fiddle. When he was a free man, Solomon played the fiddle as a profession, and it was a grand thing for him. playing the violin allowed him to raise his family, and it was something that do him spe cial. later he was taken, his expertness with the fiddle made him special, but and as a commodity. It made him worth(predicate) more property when he was so... '