12 Years a Slave

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22

Themes

All Themes Racism and Slavery Truth and Justice Family Christianity The Power of Music

Characters

All Characters Solomon Northup Edwin Epps Bass William Ford John Tibeats James Burch Henry B. Northup Patsey Mistress Epps Theophilus Freeman Eliza Berry Ebenezer Radburn Cephas Parker Emily Berry Arthur Lew Cheney

Symbols

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Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony

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12 Years a Slave

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Solomon Northup

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22

All Themes
Racism and Slavery
Truth and Justice
Family
Christianity
The Power of Music

All Characters
Solomon Northup
Edwin Epps
Bass
William Ford
John Tibeats
James Burch
Henry B. Northup
Patsey
Mistress Epps
Theophilus Freeman
Eliza Berry
Ebenezer Radburn
Cephas Parker
Emily Berry
Arthur
Lew Cheney

All Symbols
Free papers
Chains
Whip

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Ethos
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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