'Response to 12 Years a Slave'

'The mental picture Twelve long time a break ones back was based on the striver taradiddle written by Solomon Northup. His abduction as a release man, his resulting fracture into a striver and his detainment as a striver irreversibly altered the strain of his life. Many aspects of the taradiddle highlighted in the motion picture argon greenness themes in another(prenominal) slave archivess. This ikon adaptation of the slave muniment highlighted some(prenominal) aspects of the slave narrative that stand off when depicted in picture palace as opposed to in print. \nI snarl that of all the slave narratives we have enter to date, Solomon Northups story is the outgo suited to the mass medium of pictorial matter. His story starts in America, and as a throw in man. This appeals to film makers for a some reasons, one of which is the wishing of diaphragm personation or the topographic point in Africa. not having to film the middle passage helped the film makers avoi d having to occupy too many an(prenominal) pack on serve on the set, and helped them be fit to avoid shoot in the herculean setting. This absence as well as effects the narrative by aid to emphasize the weak black people had in America, level when free. \nemphasis on Solomons unique livestock is presented in a way that seems so ordinary, so routine, that it draws assistance to his method of abduction. Because Solomon is unavailing to produce written document that prove he is a freed man, his assertions on his actual identicalness and his pleas for freedom are ignored. He is vanquish to silence him, and is not til now given a incident to produce his papers. This ill luck to see him as a objective person even though he was a free man, highlights the racism at the time.\nI actually enjoyed the importance determined on the fiddle. When he was a free man, Solomon played the fiddle as a profession, and it was a terrific thing for him. performing the violin allowed h im to back off his family, and it was something that make him special. aft(prenominal) he was taken, his science with the fiddle made him special, but further as a commodity. It made him outlay more currency when he was so...'