the hottest day of the year in New York City‚ and 12 clammy men‚ who were put on a jury‚ are locked into a room‚ where the fan doesn’t work and the windows stick‚ to discuss the case of an 18 year old accused of murder. In the opening scene‚ the judge states that is it a first degree murder and if found guilty the teenager will receive the death penalty. The 18 year old is accused of killing his father with a “one of a kind” switch blade. The 12 jurors must decide if there is enough evidence to
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12 Angry Men Paper 9/17/13 The movie “12 Angry Men” is about a murder trial set in the mid 1900’s when the American legal system had very different rules from what it has now. The trial is about a 16 year old boy who supposedly murdered his father late one night in New York City. He was from a slum‚ with a history of problems with the law‚ including knife fights. The jury is made up of twelve white men who are supposed to deliberate about the boy’s fate when he is Latino. In the beginning of
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12 Angry Men In the film 12 Angry Men‚ 12 male jurors decided the fate of an 18 year old boy on trial for murdering his abusive father. They boy was said to have been orphaned by his mother at a young age and sent to live in an orphanage until his father got out of prison. When he was sent to live with his father‚ he had a hard life and a rough childhood. It was known that his father would physically abuse him because one of the jurors pointed out that “ He would get a beating everyday‚ wouldn’t
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Tyler Streets Dr. Lipson Organizational Behavior 200 01 November 2009 “12 Angry Men” Analysis By the sound of it‚ you would think “12 Angry Men” would be a football game‚ but a lot can be said for a jury proceeding and this movie does a great job of showing that. Twelve different men with twelve different personalities are locked in a room until they can unanimously agree to a verdict‚ a decision whether to put an 18 year old boy to death for a murder charge‚ or let him go free. When they enter
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12 Angry Men: Reaction Paper The film 12 Angry Men gives an inside look at the inner workings of a jury deliberation as twelve random strangers are called to do their civil duty. In a group of diverse people from different backgrounds‚ Henry Fonda’s character attempts to convince the rest of his fellow jurors not to easily convict a troubled young man just because it would be the simple solution to all of their problems. The jurors are placed in extreme circumstances in which heat and angst drive
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CBEB 2303 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 12 ANGRY MEN: MOVIE ANALYSIS TABLE OF CONTENT NO | SUBJECT | PAGE | 1 | Synopsis | 1 | 2 | Characters | 2 | 3 | Factor affecting decision making process: * Attitudes * Personality and values * Emotions and moods | 3-44-89-11 | 4 | Other barriers affecting decision making | 11-12 | 5 | Conclusion | 13 | 6 | References | 14 | 1.0 SYNOPSIS/SUMMARY: 12 ANGRY MEN The story is basically about 12 men (jurors) urged by the judge to come to an agreement
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in the film 12 Angry Men. The leaders of the group are defined by two separate characteristics; those that are appointed as the leader and those with no special title that emerge as influential. In the movie you can recognize several concepts covered by Kinicki and Kreitner in their book Organizational Dynamics and Human Behavior (second edition). I will be discussing the concepts of task identity‚ emotional intelligence‚ leadership styles‚ group think‚ and motivation. 12 Angry men is about a
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In the beginning of 12 Angry Men‚ they clarify that they had sat through six days of court listening to the case‚ and were now ready to decide the verdict. After those six days of hearing believed conclusive evidence and no defense from the plaintiff‚ it seemed to be an assured decision. When I researched on what exactly happens in the Jury Room it said: The first motion of business in a jury room is to select one of the jurors as a foreman. He or she leads the discussion and tries to encourage everyone
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audiences‚ allowing them to have an insight and appreciation of the playwright’s issues. ‘The Twelve Angry Men’ is a prime example‚ as it uses its techniques to raise the play’s key ideas on prejudice in the court of jury‚ educate viewers on the triumph of justice‚ and emphasising the theme of conviction of the story. Prejudice is seen as one crucial issue in constituting a verdict for the jury‚ as two of the jurors are biased against the suspect of the murder. Language and characterisation of the
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The movie “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. The jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old boy from the slums accused of stabbing and killing his father. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will be sentenced to death by electrocution. The case appears to be open and shut. The defendant has a weak alibi. A knife he claimed to have lost is the murder weapon found at the scene. Also‚ he claimed to be at the movies
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