Twelve Angry Men Background Research
Twelve Angry Men Research Task
1. Reginald Rose Biography (1920-2002)
Reginald Rose was an American man born on the 10th December 1920 in New York. He is the son of William Rose, who was a lawyer, and Alice Rose, who was an Obendorfer. On September 5th of 1943, Rose married Barbara Langbart, and they had 4 children: Jonathan, Richard, and twins Andrew and Steven. But this marriage did not last and on July 6th of 1963, Rose married Ellen McLaughlin, with whom he had another 2 kids: Thomas and Christopher. Throughout his life, Rose was a screenwriter and also did playwright. Just a couple of his famous works included: Twelve Angry Men, The Bus to Nowhere, Thunder on Sycamore Street, The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners, Dino, The Death of Larry Benson, The Expendable House and Crime in the Streets. Rose died in Norwalk, Connecticut on 19th April 2002.
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Korean war-
In 1950 on the 25th June, North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea. The citizens of South Korea had no knowledge of this attack happening, and so this started the Korean War which little did they know at the time, would take more than 3,000,000 people. North Korea was able to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, quite quickly due to the fact that no one knew that North Korea was going to attack. The reason the whole war began was because the North Korean leader, Kim the 2nd Song, had a desire to unify the peninsula under the Communists rule. The peninsula had been one country prior to WW2. To try and avoid a conflict between the US and the Soviets, the United Nation decided that they would draw the line between the 38th parallel. However the two sides became increasingly different in their giving systems as the Soviets occupied the Northern side and the US troops occupying the Southern side.
The UN and US troops aided South Korea under the leading of McArthur. North Korea turned to the People’s Republic of China after they held out for as long as they could. Once the UN
1. Reginald Rose Biography (1920-2002)
Reginald Rose was an American man born on the 10th December 1920 in New York. He is the son of William Rose, who was a lawyer, and Alice Rose, who was an Obendorfer. On September 5th of 1943, Rose married Barbara Langbart, and they had 4 children: Jonathan, Richard, and twins Andrew and Steven. But this marriage did not last and on July 6th of 1963, Rose married Ellen McLaughlin, with whom he had another 2 kids: Thomas and Christopher. Throughout his life, Rose was a screenwriter and also did playwright. Just a couple of his famous works included: Twelve Angry Men, The Bus to Nowhere, Thunder on Sycamore Street, The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners, Dino, The Death of Larry Benson, The Expendable House and Crime in the Streets. Rose died in Norwalk, Connecticut on 19th April 2002.
2.
Korean war-
In 1950 on the 25th June, North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea. The citizens of South Korea had no knowledge of this attack happening, and so this started the Korean War which little did they know at the time, would take more than 3,000,000 people. North Korea was able to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, quite quickly due to the fact that no one knew that North Korea was going to attack. The reason the whole war began was because the North Korean leader, Kim the 2nd Song, had a desire to unify the peninsula under the Communists rule. The peninsula had been one country prior to WW2. To try and avoid a conflict between the US and the Soviets, the United Nation decided that they would draw the line between the 38th parallel. However the two sides became increasingly different in their giving systems as the Soviets occupied the Northern side and the US troops occupying the Southern side.
The UN and US troops aided South Korea under the leading of McArthur. North Korea turned to the People’s Republic of China after they held out for as long as they could. Once the UN