12 Years A Slave Thesis

America’s history can be a very frightening thing. Unfortunately not everything America has done was right. One small glance into the 1800’s and this is easy to confirm. What happened in the 1800’s that was so dishonorable? Slavery, the one thing that comes up in every history class and sends chills of anger up the spine of anyone who feels remorse. There’s no way around the time period in America where they took other humans and treated them as animals. Even today more and more movies, books and articles are coming out about how ruthless the white man was to a different race. One particular movie is an eye-opener and shows that will make you ask yourself “how could someone treat someone that crudely just for the fact of a different skin color.” …show more content…
“12 Years a Slave” tells the story of Solomon Northup, or Platt as he was known to his slave owners. The events that Solomon had to experience and watch were almost too extreme to watch. The whipping and hanging scenes that took the breath out of the room instantly. The torment that each and every slave was experiencing was expressed through the wonderful acting and facial expressions. “12 Years a Slave” show the life of Solomon Northup’s literally being sucked out of him. Solomon was tricked into a trap when he would replace a runaway slave by the name of Platt. Once again something the white man should be extremely embarrassed for. They lost one slave so they stripped Solomon, a free African American, of his rights and beat him into slavery. The selfishness alone is very