Characteristics Of 12 Angry Men Juror 8

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.

Over the years the death penalty has been used way more than it should, especially with African Americans. Not only were they treated unfairly in court but they were often killed by mobs of white men for ridiculous crimes. In the past juries were not unbiased.

(EEO, 2012) Dunlap actually proved that TVA deliberately singled him out because of his race, therefore he succeed in his claim. During the interview, Dunlap stated that his attendance record was excellent with just a few absences due to family emergency (sickness); he then was given a 3.7 while two Caucasian applicants that listed the same reason were giving a score of a 4.2 and 5.5 correspondingly. Another incident was when Dunlap earned four (4) for his immaculate safety record while a white applicant received a six even though his record showed two accidents and overall his record was not as good as Dunlap’s record. In addition Dunlap was able to present evidence of the TVA discrimination against African Americans.

For example, he lost the first trial, but did not give up and he demanded a fair trial. Then, he lost again, but still did not give up and he demanded a fairer jury. Eventually, Samuel had freed four boys because of their injuries. Then, one by one the last five boys were freed from jail. Also, Samuel helped lead this country to see how bad racism actually was.

The Mask Behind Equality “Harrison Bergeron”, a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, is about a 14 year old boy named Harrison Bergeron. He lives in the year 2081, where anything and everything is equal. The people who were very intelligent, had to bare handicaps so they did not take advantage of their minds. The handicaps were bags with lead balls worn around the neck, and an earpiece that would send out loud noises to stop all train of thought. Harrison did not like the equality laws, as he wants to be Emperor.

”This illustrates how the government took away uniqueness. When we read this passage we see how much of a threat Harrison is to the government. He had three hundred extra pounds he had to carry around. A normal person like George and the ballerinas had nowhere near the amount of handicaps as Harrison did. When they covered up Harrisons nose, shaved his eyebrows and put teeth caps on his teeth, it shows that they took away the competitive drive away from people which then took away uniqueness.

Johnny probably had one of the worst lives of the greasers, yet he still managed to stay optimistic even after being beaten on an almost daily basis. Johnny would also stand up for people even after being isolated for most his life, as shown when Dallas was harassing Cherry and Marcia. Finally the most loyal of them all, even on his deathbed he stuck by his friends and only allowed them to vist and not his horrible mother that ignored him for most his life. After an abusive childhood most people would give up but Johnny cade stood amongst the Greasers with pride, not

When Eric first went to the boxing gym he did not know what to do, so when someone approached him to spar he agreed. Since the other man was a lot more experienced he beat Eric with little effort. Eric felt embarrassed after the defeat but instead of giving up he continued to go and eventually found a trainer who taught him how to box.

Prejudice in this book is present and as a jury in the trial, it can bad for the accused in many ways depending on what the crime was committed. A man was murdered and the son of that man is the only one known to be with him that night yet claims to have been elsewhere. The jurors are the only ones to determine this guy’s future to be proven innocent, or falsely accused guilty by the preconceived notion of the juries. Only one jury stood out only because he knew the right for a fair trial is to be upon this man and as for everyone, the only one who hasn’t judged the boy in any way. Juror number three thought he was a slum as if any other slum would be, a criminal living trashy and even think they’re stupid.

Title: Fallacies in the movie ’12 Angry Men’ Name: Prerna Singh Roll No.: 13110082 Word Count: The movie ’12 Angry Men’ beautifully presents a number of critical thinking aspects. Fallacies are depicted with excellent examples. Here is a list of the fallacies observed. Every juror had his own set of prejudices which gave way to so many fallacies to come up.

Look for the Cyclones to use a conservative game plan until they can find players that know how to put the ball in the end-zone. Also, the offensive line needs to do everything possible to protect the quarterback who figures to be the team 's only offensive threat heading into the 2015 season. Defense: Things were just as bad for the defense in 2014. They gave up 38.8 PPG to opposing offenses while allowing almost 530 YPG.

Yet of that amount, 90% of those stopped were innocent - 9 in 10 citizens who were subject to the procedure were found with no evidence of wrongdoing (“Stop… State”). So what of the 10% that were caught as secondary violators? Under further examination, it was discovered that only 1.5% of stop-and-frisk arrests led to a jail or prison sentence. Additionally, of those arrested, a minor .1% resulted in a conviction for a violent crime or the possession of a weapon (Lee). This indicates that the law enables policemen to interrogate bystanders, strangers, and ordinary citizens, and all for little to no effect.

Juror Nine votes not guilty because he admires Juror Eight for standing alone against the majority. Once the jurors start to discuss the case again Juror Seven questions who else would have the motive to kill this boy’s father. Juror Eight rebuts by saying, “As far as I know, we’re supposed to decide whether or not the boy on trial is guilty. We’re not concerned with anyone else’s motives here” (Rose 240).

After extreme perspiration from the grueling heat, the eleven jurors followed Juror #8’s lead for a verdict of not guilty. Even if some of the men did not truly believe the young man was not guilty due to the their own self righteousness, in the end the verdict was finally decided. Sadly, we cannot see the young man’s reaction, but we all probably can guess he’d be doing backflips with

As the other jurors are yelling at him for saying that the boy could even be innocent and for showing them the evidence, Davis never lost his cool. He stood still and let them finish talking before he responded. After showing that it would take longer than 15 seconds for the neighbor to get to the door, juror 3, Angry, started to yell at him for saying that the boy had to do it. Davis responded without even raising their voice. Juror 9 didn’t feel way at one point and looked as if he was about to pass out, Davis helped him sit back down and even offered to get him water.