Jury Decision In 12 Angry Men

Twelve Angry men is an American film drama produced in 1957 by the first time director Sidney Lumet . The American judicial system has been an unending source of inspiration for many writers and movie producers. In this film the center of the plot is a jury trial case.Twelve men are brought together to deliberate upon the fate of a boy charged for his father 's death.In their hands lays that life of a young individual and it is up to them to determine whether he is guilty or not .The main problem arises from the circumstance that they are all different ,have their own points of view,their prejudice and experience but they have to make an unanimous decision. All this reflects in the process of reaching a verdict. The main focus of the movie is on how their differences in their background, social status,personal prejudice interfere in their judgment.The jurors are locked in a small room and left to discuss the case. Each one of them is taking the role of rhetor at a certain part of the movie.They all present their own point of view and their basic arguments on which their opinion is based. Even before they sat on the table in the conversations and behavior the obstacle of cost is clearly shown.This case costs them time and energy.They are here to …show more content…
On one of the hottest summer days they are forced to sit in a small stuffy room.They have to attend jury duty by law but they can affect the timing of the process of reaching a verdict.Most of them want to get back to their everyday life and just get done with it no matter everything else.One of them wants to go to his baseball game,he is even ready to change his decision at a certain time if that means that the case will be over.Some of them are