Synopsis Of The Movie 'Juror 8 In Twelve Angry Men'
Twelve Angry Men
This essay will show the comparison and contrasts of Juror 3 and Juror 8. The first comparison of the jurors is, Juror 3 is very opinionative, and Juror 8 is factual. Another comparison is juror 3 has a lot of anger which makes him aggressive, and juror 8 is calm so he is passive. The final comparison that will be discussed is that juror 3 is a bully and yells on top of his lungs to get his way, and juror 8 is a natural leader who persuades the jury with his facts.
This movie was based on 12 men who just finished listening to 6 days of a trial. A young 19 year old boy is on trial for the murder of his father. He has a past criminal record and for this very trial he has a lot of evidence against him. If he is found guilty, …show more content…
In the movie Juror 8 was the only one who voted “not guilty”. He was the only Juror who wanted to take time to talk about the evidence and the small details. For example he said “According to the testimony, the boy looks guilty... maybe he is. I sat there in court for six days listening while the evidence built up. Everybody sounded so positive, you know, I began to get a peculiar feeling about this trial. I mean nothing is that positive? There're a lot of questions I'd have liked to ask. I don't know, maybe they wouldn't have meant anything, but... I began to get the feeling that the defense counsel wasn't conducting a thorough enough …show more content…
At one point of the movie he and Juror 8 were arguing back and forth he says, “Brother, I've seen all kinds of dishonesty in my day, but this little display takes the cake. Y'all come in here with your hearts bleedin' all over the floor about slum kids and injustice; you listen to some fairy tales... Suddenly, you start gettin' through to some of these old ladies. Well, you're not getting through to me, I've had enough. ”and then Juror 3 stood up and threatened Juror 8 by saying, “I'll kill him! I'll - kill
This essay will show the comparison and contrasts of Juror 3 and Juror 8. The first comparison of the jurors is, Juror 3 is very opinionative, and Juror 8 is factual. Another comparison is juror 3 has a lot of anger which makes him aggressive, and juror 8 is calm so he is passive. The final comparison that will be discussed is that juror 3 is a bully and yells on top of his lungs to get his way, and juror 8 is a natural leader who persuades the jury with his facts.
This movie was based on 12 men who just finished listening to 6 days of a trial. A young 19 year old boy is on trial for the murder of his father. He has a past criminal record and for this very trial he has a lot of evidence against him. If he is found guilty, …show more content…
In the movie Juror 8 was the only one who voted “not guilty”. He was the only Juror who wanted to take time to talk about the evidence and the small details. For example he said “According to the testimony, the boy looks guilty... maybe he is. I sat there in court for six days listening while the evidence built up. Everybody sounded so positive, you know, I began to get a peculiar feeling about this trial. I mean nothing is that positive? There're a lot of questions I'd have liked to ask. I don't know, maybe they wouldn't have meant anything, but... I began to get the feeling that the defense counsel wasn't conducting a thorough enough …show more content…
At one point of the movie he and Juror 8 were arguing back and forth he says, “Brother, I've seen all kinds of dishonesty in my day, but this little display takes the cake. Y'all come in here with your hearts bleedin' all over the floor about slum kids and injustice; you listen to some fairy tales... Suddenly, you start gettin' through to some of these old ladies. Well, you're not getting through to me, I've had enough. ”and then Juror 3 stood up and threatened Juror 8 by saying, “I'll kill him! I'll - kill