Film Analysis: Amazing Grace

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The movie Amazing Grace is based on an abolitionist named William Wilberforce, who also was a politician that was determined to end the slave trade. Throughout the movie William faced many complications. In his adult years he suffered with a stress-related illness called colitis. Also, at some point in his life he struggled with the decision to dedicate his life to doing God’s work or politics. In this movie William came across many beneficial people in his life-time that helped him on his journey to end slave trade and view many life aspects differently. In the beginning of the movie William was traveling in the pouring rain accompanied by his friend Henry Thornton. While traveling, William noticed two men ahead beating on a sickly horse. …show more content…

At this point in his life he is debating on whether he should dedicate his life to doing God’s work or politics. William was having strong feelings about doing God’s work and just giving up the political career. When William goes through this his friend Pitt, also known as Billy, tries to convince him not to give up on politics. Pitt then tells William about his plan on becoming the Prime minister and how he wants William to be by his side. Pitt was so determined to convince William to stay in politics. One night he brought a group of people to William’s house for dinner. William greets them all into his house benevolently, even though he is a bit clueless about who these people are. While William sits at the table wondering who these people are, he starts to ask questions. Before anyone answers his question directly a man named Thomas Clarkson pulls out a bag. He pushes his plate back and clears the bag, which contains chains that the slaves wore. Clarkson starts to explain how the chains were worn on the slaves and how they were transported. Oloudah Equiano, a former slave, was sitting next to Thomas Clarkson. Equiano explains the process that slaves go through when on the slave ship. He also shows them the mark on his body from when he got sold. He explained to William “once they put this mark on your body, you no longer belong to the Lord. You belong to man”. All of the guests that were brought into William’s home …show more content…

He goes to gather his fellow friends back together to come up with more ideas to push parliament. They regather in London. James Stephen, a lawyer, suggests a plan to sidetrack parliament with a different approach. He suggests that they would stop ship trading with ports under French control. With this happening they would have to stop the slave trade. Everyone came to an agreement with this clever plan. Clarkson and William then went to Pitt to inform them of their plan. Pitt thought this plan was very clever. He questioned “Why didn’t I think of that first”. They come to the conclusion that William cannot introduce the bill because they will know something is up. Clarkson suggested that Pitt find a boring representative to present the bill. Once they arrived to parliament, the inside was very empty. There was little to no one present. The dull representative droned on and on in his mono-toned voice about the bill Pitt had given

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