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12 Angry Men

After watching 12 Angry Men, I realized that I also have a few characteristics that some of the cast members struggled with during the movie. Such as juror #3 (son problems). As I was watching the film I noticed that juror #3 was bringing his personal issues that involved his son into his decision making. By him doing this it clouded his judgment, and he wasn’t able to assess the situation properly. Instead he let his emotions get the best of him. There were curtain things he did that I’m not even sure he realized it till after he did them. (Ex: juror #3 said that he would never tell someone that he would kill them, but when things got heated between him and juror #8, juror #3 yelled at juror #8, and told him that he would kill him) I also need to stop bringing personal baggage into any situation. Thinking more open minded will also enhance my learning experience in college.
In some ways I am like juror #7 (baseball game). Juror #7 was more interested in attending a baseball game, and had no interest in the case. It didn’t seem as though his decision, that would cause a young man to go to jail and receive the death penalty had an unemotional effect on him. As soon as the numbers swayed more from guilty to not guilty, juror #7 had no problem changing his verdict from guilty to not guilty. When questioned on why he changed his answer he could not explain why he did so. He didn’t realize that making the right decision was a responsibility. As an alternative he would rather brush this issue to the side, by agreeing with the majority of the group so he can go to a baseball game. All because I am in a rush to go somewhere or to do something, I would make decisions like juror #7, and not realize that my decision will not only affect me, but can possibly affect someone else as well.
Juror #8 had no problem standing up for what he believed in, and expressing how he felt on the case. Some of the other juror’s seen the inconsistency in the

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