12 years a slave
Film by Steve Mcqueen
12 years a slave is a film directed by Steve Mcqueen.12 years a slave is the true story of Solomon Northup an educated and free black man living in new york in the 1840s. He is married to Anne hampton and has two children daughter Margaret and son Alonzo. In 1841 two con men offered him work playing the violin in a circus in washington D.C. There he was drugged, kidnapped, and subsequently sold as a slave. He would then be the property of several different slave masters until he was released twelve years later.
A main idea in the film twelve years a slave is culture and upbringing. It was astonishing seeing how people black and white reacted to black people being beaten and killed. Men and Woman were all bought up to believe what was happening was ‘normal’ and that it was ‘ok’ to see a black person being beaten or killed. Examples of this from the film include when the blacks were being whipped at the plantation and everyone watched or continued working as if nothing had happened. Another example from the film is when solomon is hanging from a rope and standing on his tip toes trying to survive and everyone at the plantation walks …show more content…
During the 1840s in America it was acceptable to hold, own and kill a black person. If you saw a black person in the street being beaten in the street you would see know one try and stop it. Just because their skin was a different colour it made it acceptable. People back then thought black people were closer related to animals than white people. An example of this from the film is when Mr Epps says to Bass ‘ Comparing me to a black man is like comparing me to a baboon’. I was surprised to find that blacks were considered baboons that could speak and that whites people were much more superior. In my opinion this was a stupid accusation because blacks and whites looked exactly the same except for the fact one of them had dark
Film by Steve Mcqueen
12 years a slave is a film directed by Steve Mcqueen.12 years a slave is the true story of Solomon Northup an educated and free black man living in new york in the 1840s. He is married to Anne hampton and has two children daughter Margaret and son Alonzo. In 1841 two con men offered him work playing the violin in a circus in washington D.C. There he was drugged, kidnapped, and subsequently sold as a slave. He would then be the property of several different slave masters until he was released twelve years later.
A main idea in the film twelve years a slave is culture and upbringing. It was astonishing seeing how people black and white reacted to black people being beaten and killed. Men and Woman were all bought up to believe what was happening was ‘normal’ and that it was ‘ok’ to see a black person being beaten or killed. Examples of this from the film include when the blacks were being whipped at the plantation and everyone watched or continued working as if nothing had happened. Another example from the film is when solomon is hanging from a rope and standing on his tip toes trying to survive and everyone at the plantation walks …show more content…
During the 1840s in America it was acceptable to hold, own and kill a black person. If you saw a black person in the street being beaten in the street you would see know one try and stop it. Just because their skin was a different colour it made it acceptable. People back then thought black people were closer related to animals than white people. An example of this from the film is when Mr Epps says to Bass ‘ Comparing me to a black man is like comparing me to a baboon’. I was surprised to find that blacks were considered baboons that could speak and that whites people were much more superior. In my opinion this was a stupid accusation because blacks and whites looked exactly the same except for the fact one of them had dark