The Dual Purpose Of Art In Django, By Quentin Tarantino

The film set in the deep South in 1858, about a slave who gains his freedom with the help of Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a German bounty hunter, and sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner is an intriguing story with very graphic action scenes. The plot of the story begins as Dr. Shultz buys Django (Jamie Foxx), a black slave, from some traveling slave owners. He buys Django because he is chasing a pair of outlaws known as the Brittle Brothers and Django is the only person who knows what they look like. As the plot develops, Dr. Schultz and Django become allies and work together to achieve each other’s personal goals; Dr. Schultz wants to track down and

I also felt that this scene was important because it was a perfect depiction of what slaves had to endure. This relates to chapter 5 by it explain how slaves ran away and also how they hide in swamps just like the black slave in the film. This relates to chapter 6 by as discussed in the book with the vigilance committees there was a house in the film to shelter the black man and his daughter with the women. I don’t think this was an accurate portrayal of slavery. From what I know I don’t think slaves was black smith because that will give them a chance to acquire their own tools. On the other hand some parts of the film that did portray slavery right like how the slaves escape in the film and also how they get hung if

It shows how the book is informative on how people treat slaves and whites as not equal, and also sees the daily/ extreme lengths people will go to seek

Prior reading this book, I had very little knowledge about the Slave Rebellion that took place at the Stono River. I was also not very open-minded about the book. As I started reading, I started to get really engaged to the book. What really made me want to keep reading was the fact that the author was continuously looking for answers to this event. We also find out that there are different sides to this story. As he provides us previews of the different stories, I began to get very eager in finding out what they were and why were there so many to begin with.

As Frederick Douglass narrates his story throughout this book, he talks a great deal about what happened to him as a child all the way to his adult life as being a slave in the United States. We all know that slavery is wrong and disgusting but the things I 've read opened up my mind to how a slave would feel. The pain of the whippings, cruelity and starvation is something we might not know exactly but the story behind it is worth understanding. The expriences and obstacles that he went through is what made him to be the man that is he today. It shows his point of view of what a slave would go through and to even being treated as if they weren 't even human themselves.

The purpose is to create a thrilling plot. At the same time, the author is unmasking the psychological damage of slavery upon the people who contributed to inhumane system. Ridgeway character is similar to Fredrick Douglass’s mistress, his owner, who existed in real life during 18th centuries in the America. As he has said in his narrative the mistress he once knew turns vicious, “Under its influence[slavery], the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness. The first step in her downward course was in her ceasing to instruct me. She now commenced to practise her husband’s precepts. She finally became even more violent in her opposition than her husband himself” (Douglass 48). Just like how Ridgeway evolve his character after being a slave patrol, Douglass’s mistress also transformed after implementing her domination over her slaves. In both cases, the readers can see the character development through pity because both factional and non-fictional characters did not naturally born to hate slaves. In reality people like them turn are driven to become savages after experiencing corruption on their psychological thinking. They learned to despite colored race after experience domination, themselves, over other human beings. It is pitiful for them since both Ridgeway and the mistress have to be the bad guys to remain in control. While some slave owners are lenient, they, on the other hand, become obligated to keep the system going because when the system collapse, America also collapse. According to Slate article, “They [slave owners] knew that they [black people] grieved, so they hid from them and their grief and anger while attempting to diminish the profundity of the people’s pain because they did not want to see it or face it or feel it. If they did, they might not be able to continue to hold people as slaves or to sell them away from their families”

This movie shows all of the horrible things that are incorporated with war, in excruciating detail. At one point in the movie Scarlet has to witness a man get his leg amputated with no anesthesia, or anything for pain at all due to lack of funds, and lack of ability to get the medicines that were necessary. The accuracy of the film though is somewhat biased. The book was written by a southern woman, and frankly I’m sure had some resentment towards the North, she wrote this book glamorizing the South and making the North look horrendous. They were fighting to free slaves, whereas the South wanted to keep their slaves. The movie for the most part only seems to portray slaves with kind master and the truth of the matter is, no matter how good and kind the master was, the black people were slaves. They were considered property and as such, could be bought, sold, used and abused, and treated like cattle, not people. The slaves were not free. They had no legal rights, because they were not a person under the law. Their "owners" had complete control of their lives. They were not free to go anywhere or do anything without their master’s approval. The master had the right to separate husband and wife, parents and children. It was very rare that an entire slave family would remain intact. There was always the fear of being sold. Because of death or bankruptcy, families were separated and sold to fulfill

The film 12 Years a Slave, an adaptation of the 1853 autobiography by a slave named Solomon Northup, depicts his everyday life after his rights and freedoms are ripped away. Through the unpleasant slave auction scenes to the sickening slave punishments, 12 Years a Slave is a heartbreaking story that unfortunately conveys the harsh truth on the issues surrounding slavery. Consequently, during the film there are many themes and events that trigger different thoughts and reactions varying between viewers, and importantly a better understanding of Solomon Northup’s story and slavery itself.

The accuracy of the film was spot on. It depicted all the horrors and history of slavery very well. In fact “Dr. Emily West, an associate professor of history at the University of Reading” supports my statement when she states “I have never seen a film represent slavery so accurately.” It portrayed the difference of the masters by showing how one was kind to Northup and how the other was a “Nigger Breaker.” Also just as History says, slave owners justified their actions with the bible, and their “Christian Duties.” However, it did over emphasize Northup’s social

[4] A constant problem I find in slavery films is that the pro-slavery argument is made to look ridiculous, an illustration that lends itself to polarization, a problem certainly present in this film. White characters, whether sympathetic to their slaves or not, agree that the African is an inferior being, a savage privileged to be taught the civilization offered by slavery. The most blatantly ridiculous defender of the slave order is the Count. Believing what he says, the Count pushes on the slaves the idea that nature has made them inferior and that any ills brought on them are the result of their own folly. His world view is blatantly preposterous, making the institution ridiculous and oppressive.

To explain the movie plot, we must remember that the film takes place in the south during the Civil Rights era. In the

In the light of, the director makes good points through the whole movie about what they went through. I like this movie because it gives me more information of the people who were involved or who were there during that time. Like, Ann Lee Coper (Oprah Winfrey), Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo), and the rest of the people who help fight for African Americans to be able to vote. The movie also shows the difficult and the happy time they went through. Even the problems with their family. No matter what’s going on, they were still focus and full invested in having freedom. What I learned from this movie was that they did not let all the obstacles of what they went through mess up their main goal because of that I am able to take those lesson for my

The film, Django Unchained (2012) is a historical film directed by Quentin Tarantino that set during the antebellum period of the 19th century. The plot revolves around a slave plantation owner named, Calvin Candie (Leonardo Di Caprio), that has kidnapped a black woman named Broomhilda Von Shaft (Kerry Washington). Broomhilda’s husband, Django (Jamie Foxx), is on a mission to save her from the clutches of Mr. Candie with the help of Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz). Tarantino structures the plot of the film round the immoral corruption of Mr. Candie in order to expose the inhumane aspects of slavery during this historical period. Django’s role in the film provides a moral and ethical presentation of African-American identity that overcomes

The movie takes up a lot of subjects. One obvious is slavery. There is also discrimination of women and human trafficking.

The review written by Rodrigo Perez of Quentin Terentino’s Django Unchained, is excellent and very well written. However, the review makes a mockery of one of Terentino’s best films. Quentin Terentino is a popular film maker. He has made films including: Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Hateful 8, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, and many more. Django Unchained is about a slave named Django who is purchased by bounty hunter, Dr. Shultz. Dr. Shultz takes Django under his wing to help him along the way. In return for Django’s help, Dr. Shultz will help him find his wife, Broomhilda, who is working as a servant at the ‘Candieland’ plantation in Mississippi. To purchase Broomhilda, Django and Dr. Shultz pretend they are interested in Mandingo fighting. They tell Mr. Calvin Candie, owner of ‘Candieland’ that they want to purchase one his best fighters which gets him interested in working business with them. Their plan is to travel to Mississippi and get Broomhilda as well. Right as the purchase is about to happen, Dr. Shultz gets greedy and everything goes awry. This three hour comedic drama pulls the audience in with gruesome battle scenes and its well timed humor. “Django Unchained” was produced well and is one of Terentino’s best. Not everyone agrees with this though. For example, there are many reviews written that find the movie boring and pointless. The review of Django Unchained by Rodrigo Perez is a harsh review to a film that is an exemplary example of the work by Quentin