Introduction 12 Angry Men is the captivating story of 12 jurors trying to solve a case of murder. All with different personalities‚ fights break out and disagreements occur. However in the end‚ a lesson is learnt for everyone. When the story begins‚ all the jurors are eager to convict the defendant‚ a young minority‚ on charges of murdering his father. Juror 8 is the lone dissenter. The jury’s deliberations go through a surprizing shift and one by one‚ the other 11 jurors feel compelled to re-examine
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12 Angry Men is a short drama written by Reginald Rose‚ which follows the trial of a Puerto Rican boy being tried for the murder of his father. This story helps expose the many flaws that are in the United States justice system‚ one of them being a shared prejudice amongst the jurors against the defendant. For example‚ Juror 3 an extremely opinioned bigot was selected even through so called “thorough” cross-examination. In contrast‚ there is Juror 8 a more quiet and thoughtful gentleman who seems
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12 Angry Men This movie shows and displays many social psychological events. In the beginning we see the jury of twelve men which would normally lead to a groupthink phenomenon. Group think is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people that show a desire for harmony and conformity within the group. (Myers p. 291) Which would result in an incorrect decision making and wrong outcome‚ and the incorrect decision would be the life of the boy. In the movie we see eleven jurors
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Twelve Angry Men CHARACTERS FOREMAN: A small‚ petty man who is impressed with the authority he has and handles himself quite formally. Not overly bright‚ but dogged. JUROR NO. 2: A meek‚ hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own. Easily swayed and usually adopts the opinion of the last person to whom he has spoken. JUROR NO. 3: A very strong‚ very forceful‚ extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism. He is a humorless man who is intolerant
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there a leader(s) in the group? If yes‚ discuss and describe them vis-à-vis our class discussions and course readings. Through our discussion‚ we think there are three leaders and one manager in this movie‚ the manager is the 1st judger‚ and the 3rd‚ 8th & 10th judgers are the leaders. The following is our description for them. Firstly‚ for the 1st judger‚ we thought him as a manager. Because from the outset‚ he performed the manager’s role very well‚ made the ballot for everybody‚ drew up the
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Karina Verano Pd. 2B 12 Angry Men 1. Which characters base their decisions on prejudice? Juror number 4 based his decision based on the fact that the boy on trial grew up in the slum. Juror number 4 said‚ “He was born in a slum. The slum is a breeding ground for criminals. I know it and so do you. It’s no secret that children from slum backgrounds are menaces to society.” While Juror number ten just doesn’t like the boy bases on his race. Throughout the entire movie‚ he referred to the boy
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Twelve Angry Men In the play Twelve Angry Men by Reginad Rose the twelve jurors have to decide if a young boy is guilty or not guilty. The boy is accused of the murder of his father. His fate lies in the hands of the twelve jurors. Will he get the death penalty? Will they prove that the young boy is not guilty? Will he get to live the rest of his life? There are many different versions of this story including William Friedkins film version produced in 1997. Friedkins film version is easier
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12 angry men: BLDR Assignment 12 Angry Men: Intellect side of leadership shown in the movie 12 Angry Men is a movie about 12 jury members who meet to decide the fate of a boy accused for murder of his father. The jury members were invited by the court and were assembled in a room to make the decision. The movie starts with initial voting in which odds are in favour of boy being guilty by 11-1. One man among the whole jury thinks that there may be a chance that boy is really innocent and all
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Reflection on 12 Angry Men When the scene is introduced‚ the twelve men are discussing how to sentence someone who may have committed murder in the first degree. However‚ we quickly realize that all of the men have different things going through their mind and even more complicated ways of expressing them. Jack Warden is a baseball enthusiast who has no regard for other people’s opinions or Henry Fonda asking the jurors to discuss what occurred. He lacks emotional self-perception which can be
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Twelve Angry Men is a play about a young boy on trial for murdering his father. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will be sentenced to death. The jury men are very aware of this fact‚ most are perfectly fine with sending this boy to die as one man searches for the empathy of his jury peers. One by one the jury begins to sway toward the not guilty plea‚ as every fact thrown into conversation gets disproved. Now‚ one lone juror faces not the pressure of his peers but the pressure of his emotional attachment
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