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“Who we are, is who we were”, was the persuading point Atty. Baldwin states reaching into the hearts of the jurors. Telling a story about the intriguing life and life lost of the Mende people. Their ending up in America and the tragedy and violent cruel tort ....

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.... presented, even understated at a point. Spielberg’s intent is to draw vivid characterizations and to create objects and characters as symbols with larger meanings. Power and authority is the first symbol presented in the story. Who had it in the beginning and who ended up with it in the end. The superior attitude of the ‘La Amistad’s’ crew and the harsh and cruel treatment of the passengers, implies how primitive and unrefined society was. In addition to power and authority, characters were used as symbols. Treated like objects from the beginning, a metaphor for the ideals and principles of European society. In contrast, blac ....