“It's not so easy for me to raise my hand and send the boy off to die. Without talking about it first.”(Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.) If someone's life is in your hands how would you react? Would you take the situation seriously?The Twelve Angry Men will give you an insight of how being on a jury really is like. Many may think that it's not that hard to agree on something , but the fact is that it can be very difficult. Let's discuss how one man's life was in the hands of 12 strangers on a jury.
The arthur of “Twelve Angry Men,” Reginald Rose, wrote these acts so the public can know what happens within a jury. Each one of the 12 strangers has their own personality and own opinion.Imagine how difficult and frustrating it can be to agree. In act 1 , # 7 says, “Let's vote now. Who knows, maybe we can all go home.” The Arthur wants us to show us that there can people like #7, …show more content…
#8 wanted to talk about the case and go over the evidence first , some would say “obviously” that's what you would do first but sometimes it isn't always like that. Like I said earlier, everyone has different opinions and can lead to having conflicts. Rose wants us to know it's sometimes doesn't run smoothly. Further into the acts , the 12 men began to discuss the case and tried to reenact the events, this was a very good start but later the 12 began arguing which leads to having hated toward one another. Some stuck with their opinions and other changes theirs.
Being on a jury is very difficult at times,but it maybe would of been different with a different type of case or with different people but even then, they'll alway have conflicts with their opinions. To be a on jury you should take it serious because someone's life is in your hands and you wouldn't want to sent someone off to die just because you didn't want to be there or because you had better things to do then be on a