Karina Verano Pd. 2B 12 Angry Men 1. Which characters base their decisions on prejudice? Juror number 4 based his decision based on the fact that the boy on trial grew up in the slum. Juror number 4 said‚ “He was born in a slum. The slum is a breeding ground for criminals. I know it and so do you. It’s no secret that children from slum backgrounds are menaces to society.” While Juror number ten just doesn’t like the boy bases on his race. Throughout the entire movie‚ he referred to the boy
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Twelve Angry Men is a play about a young boy on trial for murdering his father. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will be sentenced to death. The jury men are very aware of this fact‚ most are perfectly fine with sending this boy to die as one man searches for the empathy of his jury peers. One by one the jury begins to sway toward the not guilty plea‚ as every fact thrown into conversation gets disproved. Now‚ one lone juror faces not the pressure of his peers but the pressure of his emotional attachment
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12 Angry Men is a 1957 movie which can teach anyone about the way a group works together and how leaderships styles can prevail. In this movie we are shown both good and bad leadership styles. “12 Angry Men” is a tale about a jury’s debate regarding a capital murder case. The majority of the movie is a 12-man jury debating the murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused with stabbing his father to death‚ if a guilty verdict is reached it will mean an automatic death sentence for the buy. This
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movie 12 Angry Men‚ twelve jurors with different personalities and background must decide whether an eighteen year old boy is guilty of killing his father. While some base their opinion on the facts presented in the case‚ others judge the boy himself because of his race. 12 Angry Men accurately portrays prejudice in the legal system that is still often used in today’s court room. Prejudice within the legal system can either send an innocent person to jail or kill them. In 12 Angry Men‚ the boy
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We tend to go with the majority so we don’t feel out of place or feel like we a being judged. “Twelve Angry Men‚” a play written by Reginald Rose‚ is an excellent example of how some people choose to do the right thing even when controversy comes their way. The various conflicts in Rose’s play are tools which he uses to teach us to do the right thing‚ even when we are the minority in a situation. Juror Eight is a quiet‚ thoughtful‚ gentle man who sees all sides of every question and always seeks
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Reflection on 12 Angry Men When the scene is introduced‚ the twelve men are discussing how to sentence someone who may have committed murder in the first degree. However‚ we quickly realize that all of the men have different things going through their mind and even more complicated ways of expressing them. Jack Warden is a baseball enthusiast who has no regard for other people’s opinions or Henry Fonda asking the jurors to discuss what occurred. He lacks emotional self-perception which can be
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The movie twelve angry men was a movie about different people from backgrounds‚ races‚ and religions. They were all different and being in a group dynamics class we learned about how personality affects people and other things that people tend to do. The judge in the beginning of the movie showed some non verbal behavior‚ which is sending a message without using words but things like facial expressions and body movements. The judge in the beginning was hunched over meaning he was not very alert
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Twelve Angry Men exposes the weaknesses of the jury system as well as its strengths – The Jurors within Twelve Angry Men portray individual aspects of a 1950s American culture‚ all with their own take on the American Jury system. The closed minded‚ sheep like attitudes of the Jurors illustrates the McCathic mentality of the public which directly reflects the weaknesses within the American Jury system. Though flawed in many aspects one juror displays the key strength in the American justice system
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In 12 Angry Men the movie it can be observed the different methods of influence that a person uses to impact the behaviors of others. This is a case in which a decision was apparent to be reached easily‚ all the jurors would presume the defendant guilty of murdering his father‚ but only one takes an exception and votes as not guilty. It is necessary that all jurors vote unanimously for a verdict to be reached‚ and when juror #8 votes non-guilty‚ he forces all jurors to discuss the case. All jurors
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Twelve Angry Men presents the pessimistic view that all humans are flawed. Pessimistic- cynical‚ distrustful‚ negative‚ doubtful‚ suspicious‚ unenthusiastic Flawed- imperfections‚ weak‚ faulty‚ unlawful‚ inaccurate‚ fallacious‚ unfair Notes Weaknesses of the Jurors Foreman goes with the majority vote rather than independently forming his own judgement Juror 10 stereotypes all immigrants. Offensive remarks eventually lead to the other jurors turning their backs on him and he finally reflects
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