Emotions have significant role in the film 12 Angry Men when the jurors have to come to a decision about whether the boy is guilty or not. The different emotions shown by the jurors hinderstheir perspective and judgements on the case as well as towards the testimonies from the witnesses taken during the trial. Juror #3 was firm and determined that the boy was guilty. He had a powerful hatred towards teens in general after having past experiences with his own son. This makes him look past all the
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Daniella Portelada April 5‚ 2011 Susan Naide CJ 102 12 Angry Men Throughout my life I have been presented with opinionated questions to answer and a lot of the times I found it difficult to answer them without asking around a bit. Looking back on that I believe that is it impossible to remain truly impartial. You may start off with your own idea but one everyone else around you starts presenting their ides you may begin to change your mind. If it is something that someone believes in there is
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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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testimonies The film 12 Angry Men is about a murder trial conducted in a courtroom. The judge gave the jury its final instruction telling them that a guilty verdict will result in a death sentence for the defendant‚ an 18-year-old boy who was accused of murdering his father using a knife! One juror had a personal connection with the case. He has not seen his son for more than two years. He claims that the young boy is guilty and that all young kids are criminals. The juror has bias towards
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(or debates) to learn about their audience and include different opinions into a shared conclusion. In the movie “12 Angry Men”‚ juror number 8 (Henry Fonda) was not sure if evidence presented against a young defendant in court left reasonable doubt for a guilty conviction. The other jurors believed the presented facts and the defendant’s background warrants a guilty conviction. The movie showed how juror number 8 persuasively got the other jurors to review each fact logically‚ which led to an
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Two Assignment Two – 12 Angry Men • Why is the architect so much more effective at influencing the group members than the stockbroker? Individualism versus collectivism from the Hofstede’s survey done in the 1970 helps bring some light of what happened in the 12 angry men movie. Although the survey was done to understand different cultures among the 116‚000 IBM employees in 40 countries‚ it could be adapted to a scenario of the deliberation by the jurors in this movie. The definition provided
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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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free release of ideas for the discernment of all‚ and this is exactly what occurred in 12 Angry Men. One man managed to convince the others one by one that the defendant was innocent‚ yet this would not have been possible if all of their ideas were not freely released. If the eighth juror were intimidated by the number of those who outnumbered him‚ ideas would not have been freely released‚ and perhaps the movie would have ended much differently. Nearly every juror contributed to the discussion in
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In the film “12 Angry men” there is an extensive use of reason as a form of persuasion. The movie talks about how a Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder‚ accused of knifing his father to death. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction‚ each for reasons of his own. The only juror that decides to give
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“12 Angry Men” Essay The movie "12 Angry Men" focuses on a jury’s decision on a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin decisions on the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused of stabbing his father to death‚ where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming‚ saw the killing or the
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