12 Angry Men is a story of twelve jurors responsible for deliberating and deciding the fate of a teenage boy accused of murdering his father. Although it seems to the jurors that the boy is unquestionably guilty‚ one juror (Juror 8) speaks out against the comfortable groupthink of the other jurors. Juror 8‚ Henry Fonda‚ approaches the issue from a teamwork point of view‚ and over and over again gains acceptance his views as he calmly and realistically discusses what he believed are inconsistencies
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Claim: The book and the movie‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ had the same themes. They both showed how important is is to be openminded and to find new perspectives. The main message was to follow your heart and be true to your own opinion. Establish Evidence: In the beginning‚ a few juror’s were silent and weren’t willing to share their opinions. They were following the men who seemed to have the most power even though they weren’t necessarily right. Evidence: Juror 11‚ for example‚ didn’t have much of a role
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Son In the play‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ juror #3 is an excitable‚ stubborn‚ and prejudiced man. He seems to be of middle class background because he can afford to look down on people from slum areas. From the way he refuses to listen to any other person’s opinions‚ if it contradicts his own‚ juror #3 marks himself as an ignorant and obstinate individual. He is quick to judge and eagerly jumps at any opportunity to engage himself in an argument‚ such as the dispute he starts with juror #5 over a changed
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persuade others without resort to negative or coercive tactics. ⇨ Henry has the ability to influence others very much‚ and hence at last he had converted the rigid decisions of all others in his favor. As a leader‚ he was one who wants to discuss the whole matter in detail very rationally before taking any decision. He was very sharp with his mind and hence used his intelligence as power to influence‚ manipulate‚ negotiate and dominate others. He can be considered as ‘the initiator’ of the whole
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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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Group Dynamics in 12 Angry Men In the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men‚ group dynamics are portrayed through a jury deliberation. Group dynamics is concerned with the structure and functioning of groups as well as the different types of roles each character plays. In the film‚ twelve men are brought together in a room to decide whether a boy is guilty of killing his father. The personality conflicts‚ the joint effort and the functioning of several minds together to search for the truth are just a few
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1. Introduction The following report will go into detail about the movie 12 angry men and how the current Jury system operates. It will list all the key turning points‚ and incorporate how the movie can be portrayed into the real life struggles of the current jury system. Not only will this report be based on the movie 12 angry men but will also go into detail how whether or not the current jury system within Queensland is beneficial to the community. It discusses why the unanimous verdict must
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12 Angry Men Themes What’s the most important thing when working in a group? In the play Twelve Angry Men‚ there are a lot of themes‚ but there are a couple that stuck out to me. Three themes that did are: honesty (if you want anything to work‚ there must be honesty) forgiveness‚ (someone can not hold a grudge over something that happened a long time ago.) cooperation(if there is no cooperation‚ nothing will get done). If you do not have these you‚ won’t get anything done. Honesty can mean many
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Monday April 9th‚ 2007 Criminal Justice Twelve Angry Men During the course of our class we have encountered plenty of important topics and vital information that is essential to the field of the Criminal Justice system. Such as; Crime and justice including laws‚ Victimization and Criminal behavior‚ Laws‚ Police officers and Law enforcement and the criminal justice system in itself. These topics are daily situations yet individuals are oblivious to what’s going on and that in it can be a major
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Analysis of 12 Angry Men: a) Stage of group development: The 12 Angry Men provides good examples to demonstrate 4 stages of group dynamics. First stage of Group Dynamics is forming. In this stage‚ members don’t have clear idea and are not sure about their role and responsibilities. When 12 members of jury entered the room to vote‚ they were not clear about their roles. Some of them wanted to vote guilty‚ one person wanted to discuss while some were really not bothered and wanted to leave as soon
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