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PAGE PAGE 6 On Dignity and Self-Redemption of Human in 12 years a slave Introduction 12 Years a Slave is a film adapted from Solomon Northup’s autobiography of the same name. It narrates the 12 years’ experience that the free man Solomon is kidnapped by two white men to be a slave in South America. The movie has won many awards in 2013. Freedom, dignity and redemption are the three parts of the theme of the film. In our society, there are great number of books, articles and movies on the subject of the slavery in the United States. As an important part of American history, the slavery has been researched by many scholars including its influences on African-Americans’ mentality, life, and social status, and also the racism. This thesis attempts to focus on the analysis of the perspectives of the personal experiences, internal world and language of different representative characters in the film. And then it will deeply research the impacts of dignity and self-redemption on slaves 1. Introduction to 12 Years a Slave and Characters 1. 1 Introduction to 12 Years a Slave 3 Oscar Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1841, in Saratoga Spring, New York, Solomon Northup, who is a free rich African-American man working as a violin player, lives with his wife and children. One day, two white men, Brown and Hamilton, disguise themselves as workers in a circus and want to offer Solomon a two-week job in Washington D.C as a violin musician. Solomon goes with them; however, Brown and Hamilton drug him and then sell him as a slave. All the things are clear when Solomon wakes up in a small black room with his hands and feet shackled. He resists and tells people that he is a free man, but what he gets are brutal beats. Solomon is shipped to New Orleans with other slaves and a slave trader gives him a new name “Platt”. After struggling, for survive, Solomon had to hide his identity and the truth that he had ever been educated. His first