About fairness and justice

Jovanny 2022-03-21 09:01:13

In the last scene, Solomon's eyes were really red when he said that he was sorry. It was his family who supported him to persevere. In these hellish twelve years, he had been awkward, flinched, and desperate, but he had survived.
This is also a story about belated fairness and justice. In the end, after a hellish life, Solomon returned to his family, but he was no longer the boy with a simple and complacent expression.
Whenever I see such movies and books, I think of floating. Yes, I like this book very much. This book also talked about slavery and the Civil War. There are also many places that inspire me, but at the time I felt that some places were unreasonable. For example, the support for slavery, the negative sentiment towards the Civil War, even expressed the slave's own approval of slavery.
I think, no matter what, freedom is the most wonderful thing in this world.

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12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Freeman: Oren. John. Lethe. Eliza. Randall. Emily. Platt... Platt!

    [Solomon is the only one still seated. He does not respond; Freeman approaches him]

    Freeman: You fit the description given. Why didn't you answer when called?

    Solomon Northup: My name is not Platt. My name is...

    Freeman: [slaps Solomon hard across the face] Your name is Platt.

  • Mistress Epps: Sometimes, you have to beat it from them.

    [she scratches Patsey's face; Patsey screams]

    Mistress Epps: BEAT IT FROM THEM!