Juror Character In 12 Angry Men

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My favorite character in the movie was Juror number 8. He was my favorite because he was the one who convinced the others to believe that the boy was not guilty about his father’s death. All the other jurors' believed that the boy was guilty in the beginning of the movie, except number 8. Even though the others tried to convince number 8 that the boy was guilty, juror number 8 did not change his vote at all. He was a static character throughout the movie, while the others were dynamic characters. In the movie, juror number 8 was the one who had the evidence needed to change the other jurors votes at the end of the movie. In one scene, the jurors who disagreed with number 8 thought the knife was hard to find but they were shocked once juror

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