How 12 Years a Slave Gets History Right: By Getting It Wrong by Noah Berlatsky , The Atlantic, Oct. 28 2013. An admirer of his father, the boy gleefully rides into the cotton fields with a whip in his hand, often beating and cursing the slaves while his father looks on laughing. When a free black man named Solomon Northup was rescued from 12 years of bondage in January of 1853, a fellow slave, a young woman named Patsey, called after him tearfully. Then he forces Platt to administer a brutal whipping. The 2 people who picked less than the previous day were whipped. He was portrayed by Michael Fassbender, who also played the young version of Magneto in the X-Men films, Burke in Jonah Hex, and David 8 in the Alien prequels. Synopsis : Les États-Unis, quelques années avant la guerre de Sécession. Patsey is a feisty, strong-willed slave who works under the thumb of her cruel master, Edwin Epps, who deems her to be an object. The 12 Years a Slave quotes below are all either spoken by Patsey or refer to Patsey. In that scene we saw a few things: 1. Every miserable fate in the movie contributed to the whole reflection of dehumanized treatment that slaves had to face. An Analysis of “12 Years a Slave” ... Patsey should be the most tragic figure in the movie, a symbol for women slaves’ bitter life. Northup ends this chapter by telling of Epps’ oldest son, a boy about 10 or 12 years old. At last, Platt can do no more, and Epps himself picks up the whip and continues beating Patsey with an unnatural fury until he is finally too exhausted to beat her anymore. I think there were a few reasons. Northup ends this chapter by telling of Epps’ oldest son, a boy about 10 or 12 years old. I think there were a few reasons. Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed interview of Dr. Emily West in History Extra, January 13, 2014; “I have never seen a film represent slavery so accurately.” "I thought about that for a long time. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Lorsque Steve McQueen était en quête d’une histoire à raconter, c’est bien ce qui semble l’avoir séduit : « I really wanted to tell a story about that time and place and the slave era in America but I wanted to have a […] Solomon Northup, le héros noir de 12 Years a Slave est un être d’exception. Patsey is a feisty, strong-willed slave who works under the thumb of her cruel master, Edwin Epps, who deems her to be an object. 12 Years a Slave est un film réalisé par Steve McQueen (II) avec Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender. This piece was originally published in December 2013, before the release of the film 12 Years a Slave. Edwin Epps, a planter, has dragged his slaves out of bed to make music and dance for him and his wife. There is a scene, similar but transformed, in “12 Years a Slave,” the new movie directed by Steve McQueen and based on the memoirs of Solomon Northup, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. An admirer of his father, the boy gleefully rides into the cotton fields with a whip in his hand, often beating and cursing the slaves while his father looks on laughing. Patsey is never the same again. 12 Years a Slave is one of the greatest movies about American history. The 2 people who picked less than the previous day were whipped. After twelve long, torturous years in … Read More Read More