Twelve Angry Men Quote Analysis
Quotes
Quote #1 page 72:
“3rd Juror: … that goddamn rotten kid. I know him. What they’re like. What they do to you. How they kill you every day. My god, don’t you see? How come I’m the only one who sees? Jeez, I can feel that knife goin’ in.
8th Juror: it’s not your boy. He’s somebody else.
4th Juror: let him live. [There’s a long pause.]
3rd Juror: All right. Not guilty”
This is memorable to me because when the 3rd juror was talking I realized that his anger was coming from problems at home with him and his son not the defendant. It became obvious that he couldn’t separate his own biasedness from reason. He was solely basing his opinion on past experiences with his son. Its important to the book because it makes the audience question all of his previous statements. Also you think if about if the other jurors were being biased or not.
Quote #2 pages 63:
“11th juror: if you want to vote not guilty, then do it because you’re convinced the man is not guilty not because you’ve had enough. And if you think he’s guilty then vote that way or don’t you have the guts to do what you think is right?”
This quote was memorable to me because I saw that the jurors were going to vote not guilty simply because they wanted the trial to be over. They didn’t care if the defendant was guilty or not they just wanted to leave or were tired of arguing. He’s asking that since you were chosen for jury duty , you need to respect that and give the defendant a chance.
Quote #3 page 13
“Look this boy’s been kicked around all his life. You know- living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He spent a year and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. That’s not a very good head start. He had a pretty terrible 16 years. I think maybe we owe him a few words. That’s all.”
This is memorable to me because someone finally stood up for the young boy. He’s only sixteen and already had a really hard life. He needed some pity. He needed for the
Quote #1 page 72:
“3rd Juror: … that goddamn rotten kid. I know him. What they’re like. What they do to you. How they kill you every day. My god, don’t you see? How come I’m the only one who sees? Jeez, I can feel that knife goin’ in.
8th Juror: it’s not your boy. He’s somebody else.
4th Juror: let him live. [There’s a long pause.]
3rd Juror: All right. Not guilty”
This is memorable to me because when the 3rd juror was talking I realized that his anger was coming from problems at home with him and his son not the defendant. It became obvious that he couldn’t separate his own biasedness from reason. He was solely basing his opinion on past experiences with his son. Its important to the book because it makes the audience question all of his previous statements. Also you think if about if the other jurors were being biased or not.
Quote #2 pages 63:
“11th juror: if you want to vote not guilty, then do it because you’re convinced the man is not guilty not because you’ve had enough. And if you think he’s guilty then vote that way or don’t you have the guts to do what you think is right?”
This quote was memorable to me because I saw that the jurors were going to vote not guilty simply because they wanted the trial to be over. They didn’t care if the defendant was guilty or not they just wanted to leave or were tired of arguing. He’s asking that since you were chosen for jury duty , you need to respect that and give the defendant a chance.
Quote #3 page 13
“Look this boy’s been kicked around all his life. You know- living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He spent a year and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. That’s not a very good head start. He had a pretty terrible 16 years. I think maybe we owe him a few words. That’s all.”
This is memorable to me because someone finally stood up for the young boy. He’s only sixteen and already had a really hard life. He needed some pity. He needed for the