There is a lot of group hate within this group. Eleven out of the twelve jurors initially vote guilty, and there is only one juror who votes not guilty. Juror #8 believes that the boy should be given a second chance, but the others disagree with him. Majority of the jurors vote guilty based on the social class and race of the boy. Juror #3 has a strong prejudice against the Hispanic teenager due to personal experience with his son. He is also the last juror to vote the defendant not guilty. Juror #3 has negative attitude towards Juror #8 and all of the others that gradually begin to agree with Juror #3.
Juror #7 tries to be dominant in the group. He was aggressive towards the other jurors and wanted the decision to be made …show more content…
You have equal power amongst the jurors and the equal say in the decisions being made, so you should take advantage of that and not show fear. My advice to the characters showing negative attitude towards others is to rethink your motives for your decisions and do not bring in personal feelings to support the reasons for your decision. This advice would be most important for Juror #3 because he based his decision off his personal experience with his son. This personal experience caused him to consider all teenagers as violent criminals. Bringing in your personal feelings into groups can cause you to make biased decisions or show negative attitude towards your group members. Experiencing or facing one immoral thing/event does not make any other thing/event