12 Angry Men: Influence of Surroundings Kevin Mark Coons Jr COMS 1301 17 July 2015 Professor Mark Cole 12 Angry Men: Influence of Surroundings Introduction The ability to influence or persuade others into the outcome of others lives is one which is presented in "12 Angry Men." In this film‚ there is a display of how the beliefs and decisions of others create a specific effect on the outcome of others lives. This analysis shows the relationship to group thinking in a given circumstance while displaying
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12 Angry Men Mid Term PROC 5840 Directed by: Sidney Lumet Writing credits: Reginald Rose (story and screenplay) Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Cast 3 Major Case Issues 4 Juror #8 5 Juror #4 9 Juror #3 12 References 15 Cast 1957 Actor Juror # Character Description Order of ’not guilty’ vote Martin Balsam 1/The Foreman The jury foreman‚ somewhat preoccupied with his duties; proves to be accommodating to others. An assistant high school football coach
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the movie 12 Angry Men‚ twelve jurors with different personalities and background must decide whether an eighteen year old boy is guilty of killing his father. While some base their opinion on the facts presented in the case‚ others judge the boy himself because of his race. 12 Angry Men accurately portrays prejudice in the legal system that is still often used in today’s court room. Prejudice within the legal system can either send an innocent person to jail or kill them. In 12 Angry Men‚ the boy
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12 Angry Men “Life Is In Their Hands -- Death Is On Their Minds!” The dynamics of group decision-making is the central focus in the film 12 Angry Men. This is one such movie which shows how group dynamics can actually lead to success or failures.12 Angry Men is a classic movie which was released in 1957. In the movie 12 men are put in one single room to discuss a case and reach a final decision on it. Until they don’t come up with a final decision no one is allowed to leave. Group dynamics
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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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Aryaman Thakker 28627 12 Angry Men The movie Twelve Angry Men begins with an eighteen year old boy from the ghetto who is on trial for the murder of his abusive father. A jury of twelve men is locked in the deliberation room to decide the fate of the young boy. All evidence is against the boy and a guilty verdict would send him to die in the electric chair. The judge informs the jurors that they are faced with a grave
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Opposing Views of 12 Angry Men ! The classic film‚ 12 Angry Men‚ was released on April 13‚ 1957. It is about a boy who is on trial and is accused of knifing his father to death. The jury has twelve jurors to decide whether the boy is guilty or not. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will receive the death penalty. Eleven men vote guilty‚ and one man votes not guilty for the lad. Hereafter‚ the single man who casts his vote as guiltless forces the remaining eleven jurors to re-examine the evidence
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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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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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12 Angry Men I believe in the beginning the 2 main jurors who were basing their decisions on prejudice were mainly Jurors #3 and #10. Juror #3 more based on prejudices of young men‚ particularly because he had such a horrendous relationship with his own son‚ I feel like this case really hit him close to home and really affected him in a personal way. I believe he let his feelings got in the way of his logical thinking and was practically projecting the anger he had towards his son towards the
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