Civility will encourage your opponents to keep listening to you. The play Twelve Angry Men shows that civility is important. By the end of the play, the jurors were willing to listen to the people who were the most rational. Juror 8 calmly took the other’s ideas into account, which swayed the jury to favor not guilty. Most of the jury was convinced the boy was guilty, but Juror 8 used relaxed tactics to change their minds. One of the last jurors to change his mind was Juror 3. He couldn’t be convinced at first, but eventually, he let Juror 8’s point sink in to add clarity. In addition, because of Juror 8’s civility, many jurors respected him. Juror 9 was one of the first jurors to show respect for Juror 8. Before the second vote, Juror 9 says “It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even when you believe in something very strongly” (Rose and Sergel 28). Finally, by the end of the play, many jurors stopped listening to the men who were not civil. Juror 3 is an example of a person who was ignored because he was inconsiderate towards the other jurors. In fact, Juror 3 repeatedly accused many jurors of lying, which is where he lost the other’s vote. Juror 8’s calm nature favored the jury's attention. People often try to solve issues with anger. I have …show more content…
People are categorized into certain groups regarding races, ethnicities, and religion because it’s easier. Some individuals base their treatment of others because they think of themselves being superior. Prejudice results in terrorism, racism, and genocide throughout the globe. In addition, women are treated unfairly compared to men. For example, Malala Yousafzai was wanted as a criminal for trying to give girls an education. Hatred for others results in hate groups, like the Klu Klux Klan. Prejudice creates a barrier between people, which results in missed opportunities to make new
In Twelve Angry Men the direction of the jury room was pushed by self interest to leave. ‘7th Juror: goddamn waste of time. 10th Juror: yeah, can you imagine, sitting there for three days just for this.’
Furthermore, when the picture of juror 3’s family falls out of his wallet and after he angrily rants to the men, he rips up the picture and begins to weep. When this is done it becomes obvious to the men how the difference in lifestyles affected all the entire day that they had endured. Furthermore, in seeing juror 3 release himself of his personal issues and the malaise he has towards his own family, the methods of groupthink are used and dismissed after each of the men decide their votes with their heart, and come to the conclusion presenting the young boy to be
“Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone's saluted.” - Juror #12 As well at the end of the film he seemed unaware of what was happening in one of the last votes. He was asked for his verdict and he followed everyone's lead until he was questioned by Juror #3 on why he changed his mind in which he switched back to guilty. During the film as well acted really childish rather than a mature adult.
In the play “twelve angry men” by playwright, Reginald Rose showcases the events of A jury room filled with 12 jurors who are tasked to deliberate a case of a young boy who was accused of parricide. In the play, the 8th juror emerges as the hero of the play when he showcases the qualities of a hero including, Integrity, empathy, leadership and courage, which back up his heroism. The play continues to exhibit the argument that juror 8 is the hero of “Twelve angry men” because of his persistence in investigating evidence and thoughtfully going through it; in the pursuit of justice. The 8th juror exhibits a extensive level of persistence in investigating the evidence presented before him at the trial.
When asked why he voted not guilty, juror eight stated “Look, this boy has been kicked around all his life. You know---living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He spent a year in and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. That’s not a very good head start. He’s had a pretty terrible sixteen years.
Although 3 does change his mind in the end, he is the last to change so he is the leader for the guilty side. In the end, the reader can look at figure 1. and take away the fact that juror 8 is the main character, and that jurors 3 and 8 causes the main conflict in the
As the play went on, Juror Eight started proving how the boy was innocent. In the end Juror Eight changed all the other juror’s minds, except for Juror Three’s. Juror Three ended up changing his vote, not because they changed his mind but because he gave into peer pressure. He still had his prejudice influenced decision, he only gave in because he didn't want it to be a hung jury. Another example, from the same play, is Juror Eight.
While all of the other men have changed their vote to a not guilty verdict, the third jurors remains with his original belief. Even in the very end of the play, he acts hostile against the others trying to change his mind, in saying “Do you think I’m an idiot or something?” (Rose 72). One juror that seems almost impervious to argumentative fallacies and peer pressure is Juror 8. Juror almost displays the ideal juror, and the rest tend to mimic the flaws of the system.
After watching 12 Angry Men, I was very inspired by juror 8 ' argument techniques. His eye contact, body language, tone, the persuasive techniques he used like induction, pathos, ethos and logos should be studied and analyzed in a very detailed, precise way. These factors were strong enough to change 11 angry men 's mind and to vote not guilty, even juror 3 who is the most stubborn. 12 Angry Men 's message toward individuals and the society as a whole is to think once and twice before judging, how to have a successful, convincing argument and most importantly, it encourage everyone to stand up for your opinion. One of the reasons why everyone should speak up is sometimes other people are thinking the same way, but they are not brave enough to express their opinion.
In his play Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose brings us back in time to 1957, to a jury room of a New York Court of Law where one man, Juror #8, confronts the rest of the jury to look at a homicide case without prejudice, and ultimately convinces Juror #2, a very soft-spoken man who at first had little say in the deliberation. Throughout the play, many of the jurors give convincing arguments that make one think about whether the boy is “guilty” or “not guilty.” Ultimately, one is convinced by ethos, logos, and pathos. We can see ethos, logos, and pathos having an effect on Juror #2 as he begins as a humble man and changes into someone brave at the end. Although all three modes play a part in convincing Juror #2, pathos was the most influential
The script introduces the viewers to the typical behavior and the state of mind of these jurors, who surprisingly turn out to be the last to change their opinions from “guilty” to “not guilty”. Juror#3 the frustrated father whose personal conflicts and experiences influence his view of the accused’s crime is very desperate to make it clear that his mind is already made up before the deliberations even start. Similar
The fact that one juror stood alone at one point made him looked dumb because he just wanted the case to be over with and he knew he wasn’t doing his job right. All he wanted was the client to have his death penalty which wasn’t right. He wasn’t following or doing his job right. The moral was that you can’t judge someone you have to prove that their guilty or else you can’t do anything about it. Juror 8 knew that very well so he did everything right.
The play “12 Angry Men” is a drama that was written by Reginald Rose. The play is about 12 men who have never met to figure out if the boy on trial is guilty of killing his own father. In fact, juror number Nine changed his vote because he believed eight had something in mind. In the play “12 Angry Men” the one juror that stood out the most was Nine because if he did not change his vote the kid would be in jail. One way Nine shows that he is kind and lonely is in different ways.
Being the juror that leads the case and play even if the rest of the men do not agree with him. Due to the rest of the jurors not agreeing with jurors eight, the character had to explain himself and for that to be successful he needed to prove that the facts given of the case were right, so he went off and stood in the boys shoes. As juror eight presented his explanations, point of view in the case, and proves to the other men that boy might not be guilty, juror eight was able to persuade the rest of the jurors and that is why this play has a persuasion tone. Injustice being the strongest theme of twelve Angry men, it contributes with the plays tone because of the men that are against the protagonists way of thinking, the men and their verbal irony and also their impatience made the case for the boy lack fairness. At the end of the Twelve Angry men injustice is still being part of the play because one man still thought
Eventually, the votes of the eleven jurors are converted by convincing speech and peer pressure. Therefore, they made a not-guilty decision. Twelve Angry Men emphasize social psychology theories in the fields of conformity, eye-witness testimony, schemas and heuristics, attitude change (persuation and social influence) and group process (polarization).