Juror Five Impact On Society

Juror Five was a reserved and quiet man. He was apparently ashamed of his slum-dwelling upbringing and hesitant at first to speak up at first. Juror Five displayed a critical thinking characteristic by practicing restraint, controlling his feelings rather than being controlled by them and by thinking before he acted (Ruggiero, 1975). The unique trait Juror Five possess was he was familiar with the background of the defendant. The defendant was beaten by his father, grew up without a mother, and was often criticized for not having a stable life (Lument, 1957). Although Juror Five’s initial vote was guilty, he too changed his vote from guilty to not guilty. Juror Five's main contribution to the deliberation was pointing out that an experienced …show more content…
Very polite and makes wordy contributions. Initially just as the other Jurors Juror Eleven casted his vote as guilty. Throughout the film, Juror Eleven analyzed all of the evidence that was challenged. Juror Eleven made enormous contributions to the intelligent aspect of thinking critically. He questions whether the son would have returned to his father's house at three o'clock in the morning if he had been the murderer (Lument, 1957). Upon analyzing evidence Juror Eight challenged, Juror Eleven seemed to grasped the details in a manner in which allowed him to understand and advocate his newly changed not guilty vote to the other …show more content…
It is apparent that a few of these jurors were not sure, but joined the cause and went with the majority despite what they may have felt. Immediately after Juror Eight made his vote of not guilty, the room was in uproar. The rest of the jury resents the inconvenience of his decision. Clearly based on the arguments of critical thinking and challenging the evidence, Juror Eight was able to open the minds of the other Jurors. In the end, all Jurors came to a non-guilty verdict vote. Juror Eight was standing alone in the beginning with no followers. All Jurors were against Juror