The way we see and understand things may not be the same for everyone. Personally, I feel like I come across as a very diffident person, however, I am told otherwise-I am a strong, confident person. Similarly, it can be observed in the movie, that Juror 3 was determined that the boy was guilty. Juror 3 implied evidence that was already established whereas Juror 8 provided logic in context with the evidence supplied. Juror 3 abominates the thought of a child killing his own father, “Well 18 is old enough. He stabbed his own father four inches into the chest. They proved it a dozen different ways in court.Do you want me to list them?”. The reason for his bias against the defendant is because of his constraint relationship with his son, who he …show more content…
It a bias due to which an individual supports or rejects an idea, thought or action in favor of or against one social group over society as a whole, all other things being equal. These are biases which we have acquired through our lives in a social environment. Juror 10 wants to convict the defendant solely based on his race. “Sure, there’s some good things about ‘em, too. I’m the first one to say that. I’ve known a couple who were OK, but that’s the exception”. When realization dawns upon Juror 10 that the other jury members are not as racist as he is, he makes a typical racist backpedal saying that a few people of colour are okay. “Most of ‘em, it’s like they have no feelings! They can do anything!”. At the peak of the heated argument between the jurors, Juror 10 begins shouting about his strong loathe towards people of colour. Juror 10 categorizes those who live in the slum with statements such as “ They don’t need any real big reason to kill someone, either. You know, they get drunk, and bang, someone’s lying in the gutter…most of them, it’s like they have no feelings”. He makes strong generalized statements classifying all kids who are born in an environment where there is violence and poverty as criminals, although they may hold no criminal record. It is this bias that leads him to believe that this kid has definitely murdered his
The best critical thinker from the film was juror 8 Our hero. He is thinking very critically from the beginning of the film being the only Non- Guilty voter during the preliminary vote. Despite all the evidence presented by the prosecutors and them painting a picture of a murderous eighteen-year-old who stabbed his father; juror 8 is looking at the background of this eighteen-year-old kid. He’s looking back at the kid’s background that has shaped him in some way by discussing what the kid had to endure during his upbringing which consisted of being kicked around, mother being dead since he was nine, being born in the slum, and spending some time living in an orphanage while his father was serving jail time for forgery. Juror 8 is trying to
The emotional pain that Juries feel after acquitting anyone who should be guilty could take a burden on one 's life. After doing research on Juror B-29, I found that her life was turned upside down because of public information, for the Juror 's life has been destroyed and caused her distress all because she was in the process of eviction, in addition to how much anger her friends feel towards her after hearing the verdict (Uwumarogie, 2013).
Juror #8 states, “I just want to talk for a while. Look, this boy’s been kicked around all his life. You know, living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. That’s not a good head start. ”(page 5).
This is important because his emotions could cloud his judgment on this case and cause him to possibly send an innocent man to death. Similar to prejudiced people in real life, Juror 10 didn't immediately state his beliefs outright, but instead, did so in a small subtle comment that could be easily missed by others. Near the end of the story, Juror 10 drops all pretenses of hiding his prejudices when he goes on a tirade about people from the slum, saying that they "don't know what the truth is", that "human don't mean as much to them as it does to us", and that "There's not a one of 'em who's any good" (Rose 59). This shows just how deep Juror 10's distrust of this group of people goes. He is unable to even fathom that a single person who
In the play 12 Angry Men the 8th juror has a positive impact by standing up for what he believes in. The eighth juror voted not guilty because he couldn't sentence a boy to death without deliberating long and hard. As The eighth juror said on pg. 13 “ It's not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die within talking about it first.” The boy he refers to is 16 years old and the eighth juror couldn't let a boy who is technically a minor die, he feels that it is his civic duty to talk about it.
Many people, if asked what they would prefer, would prefer to read the book instead of watching the movie. It could be because the movie will always leave some parts from the story out. It seems like directors of the movie always leave out parts from the book, only incorporating the important parts from the story. Some also say that they prefer to leave the descriptions of things in the book up to their imagination. Also, when you are reading the book, you get to read the main characters point of view on things.
I believe people do have a tendency to allow their prejudices to direct their decisions. People have their prejudices, feel they are right and go along with that feeling. A great example of this is Juror Three in Twelve Angry Men. He believed the boy murdered his father because he felt he did it.
Therefore, Juror Nine was able to conclude that “‘that no one can prove he wasn’t. He might have been at the movies and forgotten what he saw. It’s possible. If it’s perfectly normal for this gentleman to forget a few details, then it’s also perfectly normal for the boy. Being accused of murder isn’t necessarily supposed to give him an infallible memory.’”
Juror #2 finds it “interesting that he’d find a knife exactly like the one the boy bought”(24). Afterwards, the 8th Juror suggests that the old man, one of the witnesses, lied because of the point Juror #3 tried to make. Juror #3 says, that the old man “[ran ] to his door and [saw ] the kid tearing down the stairs fifteen seconds after the killing”(42). Juror #8 then suggests that the old man could not have done that because of his stroke.
His prejudice is clear when he says that “I’ve lived among ‘em all my life. You can’t believe a word they say” when speaking about the boy (16). Juror Ten’s prejudice causes him to disregard all of the facts that are presented to him by Juror Eight that can prove that the accused is not guilty. Juror 10 allows his prejudice to blind him of the truth. That is until he is called out by his fellow jurors.
The people’s sympathy and concern for this young man’s life was the main goal in this murder trial. When he convinces the other jurors to talk it over for another hour, Juror eight also exemplifies the foot-in-the-door approach. In additional to the above tactics, he
Juror Ten announces his intentions very early in the play. He speaks loudly and forcefully from the beginning, clearly showing his racism and prejudice towards the boy. Juror 10 quickly votes guilty and asserts that the defendant cannot be believed because “they’re born liars”. Additionally, he claims that the “kids who crawl outa those places are real trash.”
This process continues throughout the course of the movie, and each juror’s biases is slowly revealed. Earlier through the movie, it is already justifiable to label juror 10 as a bigoted racist as he reveals strong racist tendencies against the defendant, stating his only reason for voting guilty is the boy’s ethnicity and background. . Another interesting aspect of this 1957 film is the “reverse prejudice” portrayed by juror
Juror #10 categorizes all those people who live in the slums negatively. He says, "They don’t need any real big motive to kill someone, either. You know, they get drunk, and bang, someone’s lying in the drain most of them, it’s like they have no feelings". He accepts that all those kids who are born in such situations and who have been showing to strength from a small age, turn out to be infamous, and can murder anyone they want. This belief influences him completely that this kid had definitely killed his father.
In a New York City, an 18-year-old male from a slum is on a trial claiming that he is responsible for his father death by stabbing him After both sides has finished their closing argument in the trial, the judge asks the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty or not The judge informs the jury decided the boy is guilty, he will face a death sentence as a result of this trial The jurors went into the private room to discuss about this case. At the first vote, all jurors vote guilty apart from Juror 8 (Henry Fonda), he was the only one who voted “Note Guilty” Juror 8 told other jurors that they should discuss about this case before they put a boy into a death sentence