Mr. Davis 'Power In The Film 12 Angry Men'

The faults of society seem to go hand-in-hand; pride and prejudice. With a young man’s life in the hands of a tough jury, one juror had the courage to ask, “What if…” (12 Angry Men). A question that seems so easy to ask in a person’s own life, but hardly ever asked about the lives around us. Such a simple question, but it carries such power. In the 1957 MGM film entitled 12 Angry Men, Mr. Davis relies primarily on his beliefs of patience, kindness, and the belief that every life has value to show the other jurors that not everything is black-and-white. Patience seems like a very difficult virtue to come by. Mr. Davis stayed calm and did not argue to make his point. He implemented an important realization, “…not everyone thinks like you do…”