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Loss Of Innocence In 12 Angry Men

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Have you ever accused someone of being the culprit of an incident? In "Twelve Angry Men," a kid was charged with the murder of his father. Twelve people decide whether or not the kid killed his father in Reginald Rose's drama "Twelve Angry Men," which has 12 characters in total. Jurors 3 and 8 are two important people who stand up to persuade others of the boy's guilt or innocence. Some people think the kid killed his father and should be punished. Because of the old guy, the woman, and the knife in the play Twelve Angry Men, I think the kid is innocent.

In the play 12 Angry Men, I believe the boy is not guilty. An old man with a cane who lived on the 2nd floor right underneath the room where the murder occurred heard loud noises. The old man ran to the door to see what was going on, The old man swore that it took him 15 seconds to see what was going on from walking from his bedroom to his front door. The book states, “Thirty-nine …show more content…

She then went to her window, witnessing to see the boy stab his father. In the book, it states, “the woman justified that she wore bifocals and it’s logical to say that she won’t be wearing glasses in bed, and I don’t think she’d put them on to glance casually out the window, so she only saw a blur” (Sergel 42.) This piece of evidence shows that the woman only saw a blur since she couldn’t sleep and just wanted to glance out the window. This also indicates that she was dishonest about her seeing the murder. In the book, it also states, “the lights went out a split second later. She couldn’t have had time to put on her glasses then” (Sergel 42). This piece of evidence shows that she couldn’t have enough time to put on her glasses since the lights went out and she testified that she saw the murder the instant she looked out the window. This proves that the woman was dishonest about her seeing the murder outside her

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