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The film “12 angry men” takes place in a courthouse in New York City. There is a trial going on involving a boy that is being charged for murdering his father. His sentence if guilty is the electric chair. The only thing that is deciding his fate, is the jury 's verdict. Guilty or non-guilty? These twelve men of the jury will have to discuss and go over evidence to decide the boy 's fate. When the men sit down in the room it is very obvious that, most of the men do not want to be here. Also…

Imagine mixing a hot room and a jury full of very different people. It can be thought that the outcome is not the most civilized, and neither are the people. The book Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is a great example of this. And out of all jurors, the 7th is particularly interesting. Throughout the play, different factors influence a lot about what his decision is, and how he starts to act around the rest of the jury. The things he does impact the story, and reveal some interesting things…

Twelve Angry Men “It's not so easy for me to raise my hand and send the boy off to die. Without talking about it first.”(Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.) If someone's life is in your hands how would you react? Would you take the situation seriously?The Twelve Angry Men will give you an insight of how being on a jury really is like. Many may think that it's not that hard to agree on something , but the fact is that it can be very difficult. Let's discuss how one man's life was in the…

A characters personality involves with mainly their body language and attitudes, which creates the conflicts of prejudiced overtime. According to the play “Twelve Angry Men” all jurors encounters a huge factor of prejudice throughout the storyline. In addition, The 3rd Juror reveals many hidden prejudices by becoming very intolerant and stubborn by the other juror’s opinion. In the play, Juror #3 appeared as a businessman who seemed to be an antagonist who suppose that all evidence that are…

MOVIE SUMMARY : A young Puerto Rican boy is framed for the murder of his father. A guilty verdict by the jury would result in a death sentence for the accused. The jurors decided to take a vote; all but the protagonist voted that the boy was guilty. The protagonist felt that a death sentence should not be awarded to a person unless proper evidence is sought against him. He feels that the boy may be guilty but wants the case for defense to be presented clearly which may indeed give the boy the…

Juror #8 In the play “Twelve Angry Men” the Juror No.8 was a very important character, without him there would not have been any conflict and the young boy would have been executed without a proper trial. An Architect by profession, he stood out from the rest of jurors. He had the gift for intuitive thinking, understanding complex human relationships and inspiring others. He believed in trial-by-jury system and did his best to have the necessary procedures to come up with a fair outcome. His…

A weapon is a hazardoustoolthat is used in an act of self-defense; its powers can be misused and put people in jeopardy. Racism is like a weapon’s dark and dangerous sidebecause it is used to hurt others and put them in harm’s way. This obstacle occurs throughout history in various court cases, stories, and everyday life. InA Lesson before Dying, Ernest Gaines shows that racism is an oppressive force that not only hurts people mentally, but it also hurts people physically. He shows how racism is…

I’m juror #11. I’m a refugee from Europe. I went through a lot of injustice so basically I’m looking for be on quest of justice to help other people who have been treated unfairly. The purpose of me writing this letter is to inform that all the jurors decided “not guilty” because it is a hung jury. We end up not having a right verdict to make up a better decision. Personally my vote was that the guy is “not guilty” because the man wasn’t sure who he really saw running downstairs. I do not live…

Have you ever met two different people who are so similar but yet so different? After reading the play “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose, I realize that juror #3 and juror #8 are so different but somewhat alike. Even though there is not a lot of similarities between them juror #3 and juror #8 are both somewhat similar they’re both so determined to speak their minds no matter what anyone else says. For example, when everyone was slowing paying attention to juror #8 and trying to understand his…

In “12 angry men”, 12 jurors were asked to convict a kid for killing his dad or let him go free. There was many evidences to show the kid was guilty, but juror # 6 was able to debunk every single evidence. I am positive the jurors made a mistake about making fictional reasons to every clue they receive. I believe this kid is guilty for killing his dad and there’s many evidences to prove that. First, someone heard the kid saying “I’m gonna kill you” from upstairs. Then when the old man came…