In Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, Juror 3’s unwillingness and bias towards young people slows the jury from finding justice for the boy. Juror 3 had gotten into a fight with his son and has not talked to him since then. Therefore, the theme of the story is that pain from previous relationships leads to anger and prejudice towards new things and people.
Juror 3 is angry towards kids because of his past experiences with his son. When the other jurors questioned the boy’s innocence he became furious because of his bias. After four of the jurors voted ‘not guilty’ the third juror lost his cool. His anger is shown when he said ”I mean, everybody’s heart is starting to bleed for this punk little kid..”(Reginald 41) Because the defendant is
Juror 3 is angry towards kids because of his past experiences with his son. When the other jurors questioned the boy’s innocence he became furious because of his bias. After four of the jurors voted ‘not guilty’ the third juror lost his cool. His anger is shown when he said ”I mean, everybody’s heart is starting to bleed for this punk little kid..”(Reginald 41) Because the defendant is