Twelve Angry Men is a 1957 American movie that is a good demonstration of many aspects of organizational behavior. In the movie‚ a jury of twelve men with different personalities and backgrounds must arrive at a unanimous verdict which will decide the future of a young boy who is accused of murdering his father. All evidence presented in the court is against the young boy. And a guilty verdict means a mandatory death sentence. Throughout the decision making process‚ we can clearly see the five stages
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A persons surroundings can influence him. In "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose a young mans life is held by twelve men with contrasting views. After hearing‚ the case the jurors go into deliberations. Eleven of the 12 are convinced that the boy murdered his father. However‚ Juror # 8 a caring man‚ who wishes to talk about why the other jurors think that the boy is guilty‚ clashes with Juror # 3‚ a sadistic man who would pull the switch himself to end the boys life. Early on‚ it’s not revealed why #3
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12 Angry men : movie analysis by VINOD VIJAY Foreman The Foreman is responsible for keeping the jury organized‚ which is his main focus in the play. He is an assistant football coach outside of the jury room. 2nd Juror A shy bank clerk who takes time to feel comfortable enough to participate in the discussion. 3rd Juror 3rd Juror is a small business owner. He proudly says that he started his business from scratch and now employs thirty-four workers. We learn early on that he has a bad
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Market Place of Ideas comes into effect while analyzing the development of the jurors beliefs. The basis of this concept is that the truth will be revealed in the 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
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Introduction 12 Angry Men is a good example of group and individual behavior. It clearly illustrates the pressure of conformity and groupthink. A group can be defined as two or more individuals‚ interacting and interdependent‚ who come together to achieve a particular objective. In the movie 12 Jurors come together with the sole obligation of concluding if the young man was guilty of murdering his father or not‚ beyond reasonable doubt. This group of 12 men who did not know each other walked
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the most fervent attackers of the defendant. He openly discriminates throughout the duration of the play‚ and makes no effort to disguise his bigotry. While in the beginning his passion for “smack[ing] them down” is tolerated by a number of the other men‚ ultimately his bias and stubbornness causes the group to reject him and his ill-informed ideas. The Tenth Juror refers to the defendant as “a born liar”‚ “a common‚ ignorant slob”‚ “a danger” “real trash” and “violent… vicious [and] ignorant” amongst
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In 12 angry men there are many themes that are present one of the major themes that is found was present is‚ one determined and skilled individual can wield a lot of influence. Juror number eight is a “quiet‚ thoughtful‚ gentle man” he seesall points of the argument and wants to find the truth. On the other hand juror number three is “a very strong‚ very forceful‚ extremely opinionated man” his opinion is all that matters and if other people don’t agree with it they are automatically wrong. All
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12 Angry Men Summary Fucking hot in the room…say something about the environment Coach -sets the stage for the negotiation by assigning seats based on juror number -said “you fellas can handle this any way you want to‚ im not going to make any rules”…he should have assumed more of a leadership role from the start -showed signs of becoming a good mediator by redirecting Advertising man’s attention back to the discussion. But then‚ he said to HF “and we might be able to show you were you were
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The film Twelve Angry Men follows the jury deliberation of a first degree murder case. The jury‚ totaling twelve men‚ dispute their decision of innocence or guilt throughout the movie. Many concepts of social psychology including conformity‚ anger displacement‚ and stereotypes are used in the struggle between these men to reach a verdict. Conformity is the tendency for people to go along with a group’s opinion despite what they really feel‚ just to fit in or be liked. In many cases‚ conformity
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civil in a time such as the one the juror’s were going through. The twelve jurors all had different beliefs as to their verdict‚ different ideas and different behaviors. Having twelve men in a small‚ hot room for long periods of time is chaos in itself. There were different attitudes‚ some calm‚ mad‚ frustrated‚ angry‚ not caring. It was hard for all of them to remain calm and come to a verdict throughout the movie. An attitude as described in the book is “a favorable or unfavorable evaluative reaction
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