Do not be angry with me for speaking the truth; no man will survive who genuinely opposes you or any other crowd and prevents the occurrence of many unjust and illegal happenings in the city. A man who really fights for justice must lead a private‚ not a public‚ life if he is to survive for even a short time. (Apology 31e-32a) These are the words of Socrates‚ who spoke before the Athenian jury in the trial that would‚ ultimately‚ condemn him to his death. Through works such as the Apology and The
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Armon Newsome – Watson Mrs.Todd Freshman English 29 March 2013 12 Angry Men Prequel The story starts two days before the death of a mid-age man. The story starts on a raining Sunday night. A young boy named john is getting ready to go out with his friends but he was stop by his father at the front door. Father [As he comes down the stairs]: WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU GOING!!!!! Boy: Out with my friends Father [Angrily]: Close the door right now and go back up those stairs and get ready for
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Last Thursday I attended the on campus event in which Jane Elliot introduced her "Angry Eye" experience. Viewing this video helped me to truly understand how people of minority races are treated because of their skin color on a daily basis. During her presentation she started by informing us that most maps that we see in school are proportionately incorrect. She made the point that the maps were made to make the United States and Greenland look larger that they really are. She said the miss-education
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interactions among three or more people who are connected through a shared identity‚ a common purpose‚ and a mutual influence. A jury is a good example of a small group because it has at least 12 people in it deliberating a verdict. The movie “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s reflections in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is directed to begin discussions in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old man accused in the stabbing death of his father. How would you describe the following
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Juror #5 In the play‚ 12 Angry Men‚ there are 12 jurors in a jury room. All of them are completely different‚ coming from various occupations and backgrounds. Juror #5 stood out among them because of a few things. He was from a very different background than the others. He grew up in the slums‚ just like the teenager being tried in the case. Because of this‚ he would take offense to the rude things the other jurors said about people from the slums. This contributed a lot to him changing his
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especially his boss. The other typical mid-life developmental milestone Judd was facing was his life with his wife. Even during the first couple of scenes you knew that Judd loved his wife very much. While he was even at work‚ he was planning a special day for his wife’s birthday and even planned leaving work early to spend the majority of the day with
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Michael Kimmel is an sociologist who specializes in gender studies and also is the spokesman to the National Organization for Men Against Sexism. Every generation has its’ own major social problem and for my generation it has been gender inequality. In his TEDtalk “Why gender equality is good for everyone - men included” Michael Kimmel argues for men to fight for gender rights to achieve true gender equality to an audience of educated middle aged adults. Kimmel uses personal stories‚ statistics‚
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Jonathan Edwards Discussion Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” approaches the audience with a call to action. Jonathan does not soften his blows of aggression towards those listening to his sermon. Edwards’ use of imagery and syntax add to the emotional effect of the sermon. “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow made ready on the string.” This metaphor is directed to those that sin‚ and is used as a more blunt approach to those who do bad‚ than Plato’s “Allegory
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Case Study 12 Angry Men PROC 5840 Negotiations KaShawna M. Davis Brief list of the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury conclusion. Below I have defined the major case issues that are instrumental in deciding the jury: The defendant left his house at 8:00 P.M. after being “punched” several times by his father. The defendant went to a neighborhood “junk shop” and bought a switchblade knife with a “very unusual carved handle and blade.” The defendant met some friends
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12 Angry Men is a story of twelve jurors responsible for deliberating and deciding the fate of a teenage boy accused of murdering his father. Although it seems to the jurors that the boy is unquestionably guilty‚ one juror (Juror 8) speaks out against the comfortable groupthink of the other jurors. Juror 8‚ Henry Fonda‚ approaches the issue from a teamwork point of view‚ and over and over again gains acceptance his views as he calmly and realistically discusses what he believed are inconsistencies
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