But who is Juror Eight, who are the men that follow him, and what are their reasons for doing so? An in depth highlight of three jurors, eight, five, & nine, will reveal the
12. Angry Men Digging deep is an important part of solving a murder mystery, which is the reason some jury cases end in faulty results. Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, is a play about a son allegedly killing his father. The jury had a great deal of evidence to sort through before reaching a verdict. After lots of discussion, the jury comes to the final ruling of not guilty which sets the boy free from his potential punishment which is the death penalty.
Juror Eight was the only man from the beginning of the play who stuck by his belief that the kid was innocent. He stood alone in front of the other jurors and defended himself from the other jurors, such as Juror Three and Juror Ten. Jurors Three and Ten were adamant that the kid was guilty and refused to listen to Juror Eight’s “nonsense”. Juror Eight’s evidence and speeches persuaded all the other jurors to change their vote from not guilty, except for Juror Three. The only reason Juror Three had it out for the kid was because he himself had some issues with kids respecting their parents, and specifically their fathers.
What is worth our attention in this movie is how in the beginning they are trying to convince each other to vote guilty. 11 juror voted guilty and only one voted not guilty. Their judgments were based upon either their past personal experience which created their thoughts and behavior or upon facts. Juror 8 represents the conscience. He stood up for his inner feelings that the accused young boy is innocent.
Juror 2: He is an introvert who works as a bank clerk. Meek and high in agreeableness, he cannot hold an opinion of his own and adopts the opinion of the last person who has spoken. He seemed happy when he managed to help during the timing of recreating the ‘old man walking’ scene.
First, is juror number twelve. He can’t decide what side he is on, so arrows going back and forth would fit his personality. He tends to go with the crowd and doesn’t have much to say; hence, the diagram above shows the arrows are smaller than the other two shapes. At the beginning, he was not taking the case seriously. “He draws a tic-tac-toe square on the same sheet of paper on which NO. 12 had drawn the train.
He seems in a way relatable to William Golding’s character, Simon, in The Lord of The Flies. Simon is seen as a sort of christ like figure, and while Juror 8 isn't anywhere near that level, he does seem to portray a sort of thoughtfulness and compassion that Simon does as well. All of the jurors are affected by peer pressure in different ways, and how they are effected is important to the
The Martian Chronicles written by Ray Bradbury has many different types of stories that all revolve around each other and each are based upon the same idea. They are based upon Earth becoming a place where people no longer want to live and how they expand to the planet Mars to live. In his stories Ray Bradbury shows the dark side of life in many different ways. He uses the theme of change, the imagery of fire and dryness, the fear created from isolation and sadness and the greed humans to show the dark side of life. Some of Ray Bradbury’s stories show the dark side of life in different ways.
To begin, Juror 8 has the largest shape, as he is the most important, but there is more into it than that. Without 8, the film would have never happened, as the boy would have been voted guilty right away. The third juror is displayed by the second biggest shape in figure 1. ; while he has the “largest” personality of all the characters, his shape is the only second biggest because he failed to convince anyone to vote his way. This is displayed every time the jurors cast a vote and more people vote on the not guilty side.
The play 12 Angry Men is about a jury of twelve men that are given the task of deciding the fate, guilty or not guilty, of a young boy accused of murdering his father. The theme of standing up against the majority is very prevalent in this story because of the decisions some of the jurors make throughout the play. Juror 8 makes the decision to vote not guilty, he is the one and only juror in this play that decides to vote not guilty for the boy in the beginning. The other eleven jurors decide to vote guilty because of the evidence that they have been presented with. The act of Juror 8 standing against the majority of the other jurors about the case, voting not guilty, allows the jurors to thoroughly dissect the case, understanding it fully and thoughtfully before making their decision of guilty or not guilty.
Juror 8 is a natural leader, and one by one he persuades the other jurors to accept his arguments through persistence, supposing the evidence and suggesting that there are possible explanations to the witness stories and evidence given for the murder case. Rose uses Juror 8 to exemplify that there are many who take the aspects of justice seriously and can decide on fair verdicts. He says that he cannot “send a boy off to die without talking about it first”, demonstrating the ethical qualities that some of humanity possesses. He is also able to assert the views of intolerance and also comprehends that “prejudice obscures the truth”.
If it wasn 't for Juror #8, I don 't know what terrible consequences would have been. Owing to his insistence, the case was discussed and everyone began to pay attention to the details of the case, testimony, evidence, and witness actions. In the end, twelve people overcame prejudice, ceased the conflict, and made the right decision. The play tells us that justice can be affected by prejudice very easily.
Therefore, Juror 10 would best be symbolized by a triangle. The thick, black border symbolizes that he hides behind a veil of racism and prejudice. The triangle is gray because Juror 10 is just empty. His description at the beginning says, “a man who has been nowhere and is going nowhere and knows it deep within him” (Twelve Angry Men). There is a small yellow circle in the center, symbolizing his core.
Throughout this play, there are two characters that exhibit the virtues of critical thinking and the vices that inhibit critical thinking.. Juror 8th is the man who has the virtues of critical thinking, he is a bright
Mrs. Karpich’s expectations for me in science class is to come into class on time prepared and ready, to always pay attention when the teacher or anyone else is talking, manage my time wisely so all my assignments are turned in on time, to participate in class, come in with a growth mindset and to always do my best in everything. These expectations should make sure that I get the best grades I can. My expectations for myself in science class are mostly the same as Mrs. Karpich: be in class on time prepared and ready, my homework should be completed along with any other assignment, my stuff should be organized, and I expect myself to always be on task and pay attention. I also expect myself to learn something new every class.
