Twelve Angry Men Analysis

Don't try to make yourself believe in something that didn't happen. For example in the play " twelve angry men" Reginald Rose include these two witnesses with reasonable doubt. There was an old woman and old man who made themselves believe in things they didn't actually see. First the play mentioned the old man in scene one. In this scene it states why the old man made himself believe in what he saw and heard. The old man believes he saw the young boy run fast down the hall. During the young boy and his fathers fight he heard the young boy say " I'm going to kill you " to his father. All of this was happening during a train passing by his window and it was late at night. The old man claimed to walk from his room to the door to see the young …show more content…
They just wanted attention because they are alone and lonely. They have no one to talk to or spend time with so when they saw an opportunity to be listened to they took it. Why not testify to a crime committed? They would get their suspect and they live right across they boy, so that's a great way to get attention. Everyone would listen to their testimonies because how could they be false they are so close to the crime scene. The only thing that they did wrong was not get their timeline and disabilities in order. Otherwise this would be a whole different story. In conclusion, don't make yourself believe in something you didn't actually see especially for attention beause more than likely you'll get caught in a lie. The old people got caught in a lie because their story didn't match the timeline and other obstacles they faced like being slow and almost blind. They almost put a poor young boy in jail for life or given the death penalty just for a little attention. Never make yourself believe in things you didn't see because in the end you'll be the fool. You'll be the one responsible for ruining yours or someone else's