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Joshua Ichiriu Survey Comp/Lit 3rd Period Mr. Smith 11/17/17 How Power can control lives “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury. ‘Guilty… guilty … guilty … guilty…’ ”(Lee 282) Judge Taylor has just released his judgment to the world and left Tom Robinson’s life in pieces. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, people with more power use it towards their advantage. Bob Ewell, a deceitful White American man, uses the power that he holds in an attempt to send a…

In the film, 12 Angry Men, many of the jurors had task roles within the group. Juror 8 played the role of energizer. According to Zastrow (2015), the energizer, “Stimulates a higher quality of work from the group” (p. 84). Instead of letting all the men vote guilty, he made them question their decision. He brought up key points that made them dig deep into the case, and look at the situation from different perspectives. Juror 1 had the role of direction giver. He was in charge on making sure…

One of the main topics that was displayed in the movie was conformity. Conformity can be described as the act of changing one’s behavior to fit in with a group (Crutchfield, 1955). After the closing arguments of the trial, deliberations by the jurors begin on whether the boy is guilty or not. As the jurors make themselves comfortable in the jury room, casual exchanges are made between the jurors. This is where the first step of conformity takes place. It is seen that juror #2 talks about how…

The jurors had several conflicts when disagreeing, power and intimidation along with tense exchange of words and having over usage of tones over one another. Mainly, transference of anger ethical of virtue to occurring when the “12 Angry Men’ misunderstood one another. Although the film has a blatant simplicity the 12 men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father. Since majority of the jurors held an alliance by voting guilty through persuasion to hurry the case move…

In the two texts ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘Twelve Angry Men’, the protagonists face conflicts through standing up for what is right and standing alone by telling others what is right. In ‘On the Waterfront’, Terry Malloy faces the conflict of whether to or not to testify against Johnny Friendly. Terry has an inner conflict with Edie when he isn’t sure if he should stay ‘Deaf & Dumb’ or testify. Father Barry and Edie continually challenge Terry which then gives him the courage to testify against…

Most people will choose to go with the flow rather than against it, even if it means being untruthful to others or themselves. This is shown in the way the twelve jurors in Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose. When the jurors first voted they all voted guilty except for juror eight, who believed that there was reasonable doubt. The jurors go against the defendant ,in order to leave quickly and get back to their own families, without any doubt of them doing the right thing. That is, when juror…

What questions about knowledge does the movie “12 Angry Men” raise? Sidney Lumet’s American drama “12 Angry Men”, reveals the story of twelve members of a jury discussing the guilt or innocence of an eighteen year old boy who is accused of murder. Twelve jurors have to decided if the evidences that was presented in the courtroom is enough to convict the teen of murder of his own father and if so, the mandatory sentence for the young man will be a death penalty. Agreement on guilt or innocence…

“We constantly modify our behavior, beliefs, and attitudes according to what we perceive about the people around us.” The latter concept of psychology coined by psychologist Marc Breedlove can be largely attributed to all people in their daily lives. The depiction of this is seen in a variety of different manners, one of these being in film. One such of these is the critically acclaimed film, 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet based on the screenplay of the same title by Reginald Rose. Just…

In the movie “12 Angry Men”, the story revolves around a murder trial of a 16 year old boy in which the 12 jurors are expected to arrive at a judgement. Each juror is of a different background and had a different view about the boy’s role in murder. All 11 of the jurors believe that the boy committed the murder either by conviction or by looking at others. The 8th Juror, Henry Fonda, with a reasonable doubt about the boy committing the murder sets the focus for the discussion in the Jury room.…

In Unit 3 , there are two similar authors who write two different scenarios about democracy . They both have different perspectives and strategies that they use throughout their writing , Rose believes that in Democracy people don’t listen and Hughes’s perspective teaches you that humans need their rights and freedom. If you take the time to read “ 12 Angry Men “ , the story will amaze you with all the decisions that the jurors were making towards a 16 year old boy that was going to be…