Night John Movie Reflection

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The movie Night John was incredible with its expression of such realistic telling of slave lives and the passion they had to be free. The movie which centers on the young Sarnay from birth through an amazing journey of learning to read. John is the Harriet Tubman of the movie standing as more of mythical figure rather than just a man. He was bent on freeing other slaves so much he returned from the North to help others see the light. In my opinion the light, or freedom, that John was trying to bring and instill was that of knowledge and the power that could arise from this knowledge without fear of the consequences. He uses a pupil to instill power, but also confidence to stand up and want more freedom. After being showed how to read there …show more content…

Waller. When Dele was consoling the mother while giving birth she says I won let nothing to bad happen to you. This speaks volumes although could easily be overlooked. This says that this woman knows that in this newborn child’s live she will have many hardships and suffer immensely, but she ill her best to protect her. As a slave the child will be forced to endure dehumanizing things and be subjugated to feelings of inadequately, but will have to suffer through it in order for her not to be killed or sold. Dele talking to the unborn baby saying she will try her hardest for not to have to take so much , but still knows because of skin color there is not much she really can do to protect her. Then the wanting of a boy slave by Mr. Waller shows the greed that was the slavery. Woman, although being able to produce more slaves, was not worth as much as an able bodied male. The truly cruel part comes when he takes the baby deeming her worthless putting fear in the heart of the mother and Dele for what he might do to the child. The initial reaction of Dele was begging for him to spare the child as she seems to start undressing, unbuttoning the top of her shirt. This demonstrate that the slave master has possibly inappropriately approached or raped Dele in the past though not actually expressed in the movie. Her offering

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