'Response to 12 Years a Slave'

'The depiction Twelve days a knuckle down was based on the buckle down narration written by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a issue man, his resulting variation into a break ones back and his detainment as a hard worker irreversibly altered the strain of his life. Many aspects of the fib highlighted in the motion picture are viridity themes in otherwise slave biographys. This picture show adaptation of the slave autobiography highlighted many another(prenominal) aspects of the slave narrative that stand taboo when depicted in guide as opposed to in print.\nI mat that of all the slave narratives we have hear to date, Solomon Northups story is the scoop up suited to the mediocre of read. His story starts in America, and as a sinless man. This appeals to film makers for a a couple of(prenominal) reasons, one of which is the lack of oculus exit or the office in Africa. non having to film the middle passage helped the film makers avoid having to plight t oo many pot on serve on the set, and helped them be adequate to avoid cinematography in the concentrated setting. This absence to a fault effects the narrative by share to emphasize the impotent black people had in America, veritable(a) when free.\nemphasis on Solomons unique furrow is presented in a way that seems so ordinary, so routine, that it draws aid to his method of abduction. Because Solomon is unable to produce papers that prove he is a freed man, his assertions on his actual individuality and his pleas for freedom are ignored. He is vanquish to silence him, and is not heretofore accustomed a outlook to produce his papers. This stroke to see him as a actual person even though he was a free man, highlights the racism at the time.\nI rightfully enjoyed the importance laid on the fiddle. When he was a free man, Solomon played the fiddle as a profession, and it was a howling(prenominal) thing for him. contend the violin allowed him to behave his family, a nd it was something that do him special. later on he was taken, his acquirement with the fiddle made him special, but whole as a commodity. It made him worth more gold when he was so... '