Stereotypes In 12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men, which was released in 1957, is about twelve jurors who are deciding whether an 18-year old boy will lose his life. The boy was accused of murdering his father, and if he was found guilty, he would be charged with first degree murder and executed as a result. The movie consists of several themes, but one of the main themes that stands out to me is stereotyping. Most of the men in the room appear to be wealthy, one even brags about a company that he owns. At the beginning of the jurors meeting, many of the jurors agreed that “people like him” (referring to the boy) are awful and needed to be taken out a long time ago. The boy grew up in, what everyone referred to as the “slums”. At the beginning, most of the jurors were ready to

The old man lived in the apartment upstairs and he claimed that he heard the boy yell “I’m gonna kill you” with the body hitting the floor just seconds afterwards. The woman claimed that she was laying in bed, and saw the boy murder his father out of her window. There was a train that went between the two buildings, and she claimed that she saw it through the train windows as it zoomed by. The last piece of evidence was a knife that they claimed was a “one of a kind” that the boy bought that night to murder his father with. The boy’s defense was very weak, because he was poor and his lawyer was appointed. Like a stated above, most of the rich people were stereotypical and the lawyer had nothing to gain from this case. The fact that the boy was beaten by his father on a daily basis had a very emotional effect on me. I think that this aspect of the case is what made Davis think more into it. The boy claimed that he and his father were arguing, his father punched him several times, so went to the movies and then came back to find his father dead and himself in handcuffs. Although it took hours of fighting and trying to save the boy, results started coming slowly but surely. Davis proved that the knife was not one of a kind, because he had went to a pawn shop just the night before and bought that exact knife. It was just minutes away from the boy’s house, so anyone could have bought it. He also proved that

He was the last man to admit that the boy was not guilty. He described his relationship with his son to Davis at the beginning of the movie. Something happened, and the son no long speaks to him. His son is about the same age as the boy. Juror #3 has severe anger issues, and I am just going to assume that is why he does not have a relationship with his son. He fights with Davis throughout the movie, he is rude to everyone, including an innocent old man. At one point in the movie, one of the men threatened to beat him up if he did not stop being rude to everyone. He is very selfish and does not care about the boy. He was taking out his anger at his son on the boy. At one point in the movie, Davis calls the 3rd juror a “sadist” which is when he tried to fight Davis and said that he was going to kill him. The 3rd juror does not give up until the end of the movie. He is utterly outraged that the jury is finding the boy not guilty. He is screaming and suddenly his wallet falls out. It opens up and shows a picture of him and his son. He immediately starts to cry and admit that the boy is not guilty. He is now on his hands and knees, crying, it is as if he