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Amistad Rhetorical Analysis
D’voya L. Wilks Wilks 1
Carlos Pettigrew
AP Language
November 27, 2012
Amistad Assignment The speaker of the film “Amistad” is David Franzoni. Since this fact was not identified verbally during any part of the movie, and I was not able to view the credits, I went to the World Wide Web to find the author for the movie. The subject of the film “Amistad” would prove to be freedom and everyone’s right to the acquisition to such freedom despite opposition. This is proven throughout the film in that despite the efforts of some individuals who sought to illegally gain these slaves, in the end the right for everyone to be free won over. In depth, the Africans on “La Amistad,” specifically Cinque, lead a rebellion against the Spaniards

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