12 Angry Men

‘Twelve angry men’ shows that personal experience is the strongest factor influencing human decision-making processes.’ Discuss

12. Juror Twelve is in advertising, and cannot conceive of people on any level other than images.

First impressions are not always right. This is what this essay is about, and my opinion is that you should not judge even though it's hard not to. I've stereotyped and judged a person by their looks, but I was wrong and it made me feel bad. He was a good guy and he became one of my best friends. This is a 12 Angry Men essay about all the stereotyping and judging someone by their looks that is on trial in the

For Fonda the entire film is him doing just that. Being that Fonda what the only one at the beginning to vote not guilty, he used his enthusiasm to bring the rest of the jurors over to his way of think. A good example of this is how he convinced juror number 9 (the old man) that there could be doubt in the witness that was an older gentleman like he was. By showing juror 9 that there were flaws in the evidence and the witnesses he was able to gain another follower. His enthusiasm for getting the ruling right is what drove him to be able to make this happen time and time again with every juror (Fonda & Lumet, 1957).

The Fonda character states, “We're talking about somebody's life here.” “We can't decide in five minutes. Supposing we're wrong?” This statement has a large impact on the other 11 jurors. The old man whom is sitting next to the Fonda character sides with the Fonda character. The Fonda character made sure he pointed out that the person of interest was from a broken home, and was hit on top of the head every day for most of his life. The person of interest was born in the slums and had a hard life, his mother was dead and now his father had been murdered.

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The classic movie 12 Angry Men opens with clips of a courthouse, ultimately panning to a specific court room where an 18-year-old boy is on trial for killing his father. Despite the case being the central point which the story revolves around, the movie isn’t about the boy or even his father. The movie is about the 12 jurors who are in charge of the boy’s fate. If they decide he is guilty, he is sentenced to the death penalty, which meant death by the electric chair.

Henry uses logical and ethical approaches to help make his point stand out more to the

Henry first uses ethical appeal--ethos-- to convince the Virginia Convention to agree to a call to arms. Prior to his speech, other men were speaking against a war with the British. He first addresses their patriotism and says that if he does not speak now, it is like he is committing treason. This shows his character as someone

Henry begins his argument by his use of Ethos. Henry states, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” By using this sentence he uses Ethos to catch the audience and force them to believe that he is credible . It caused them to believe that what he was saying was truth. It is just such a powerful sentence that brings the whole speech together, it draws in the audience and gets him the attention; and gets the people thinking that he is true if he is willing to die for his cause.Henry also states “ shall i keep back my opinions at such at a time…”. This shows that he thinks very highly of what he is about to say and feels as though it needs to be said. Giving him more credibility because he feels that it needs to be said because if he does not he believes he will be to blame. Which really shows the audience just how strongly this man believes in his ideas and statements.

When he is asks to defend his position he passes, this indicates that he is lacking the braveness to speak up. Henry is aware of this fact that the best strategy to win Juror 5 over is therefore having another juror speak up. After changing to the “not guilt” side he proves himself as a valuable ally, by bringing insides to the use of the murder weapon.

No one's ideal day is to be locked in a cramped, hot, and hostile, deliberation room to decide the fate of the young eighteen year old boy who was accused of stabbing and killing his own father. In the 1957 film, 12 Angry Men, that is just how twelve men who were selected for a jury duty spent their day. All jurors have varying opinions for numerous reasons on whether the boy is innocent or not, but all men base their opinions off of logic, emotion, or just simply what everyone else is voting. Two men inparticular strongly used their inner connection and feelings to decide their vote on this boys trial.

Oftentimes in life, people are faced with situations in which they must work together as a group, with the intention of solving a particular problem. This is seen throughout “Twelve Angry Men” as the jurors collaborate, in an attempt to find a verdict for the murder case. Even though these people have never met each other before, it’s necessary for them to cope with one another and their thoughts, so that they can come to an agreement. In order to come to a conclusion, the jurors had to grow as a group through the five stages of development.

Twelve Angry Men is about a jury who must decide the fate of an 18 year old boy who allegedly killed his father. The jury must determine a verdict of guilty beyond any reasonable doubt and not guilty. A guilty verdict would mean that the accused would receive the death penalty. After a day of deliberation and many votes, they came up with the verdict of not guilty. I believe they achieved their overall goal of coming up with a verdict they were all able to agree with. It seems there were some individual personal short term goals that were not met. One being that the one juror was not able to go to the baseball game. Another was that a juror was not able to take out the anger he had towards his son on the son accused of killing his

12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Written and co-produced by Rose himself and directed by Sidney Lumet, this trial film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing the jurors to question their morals and values. In the United States, a verdict in most criminal trials by jury must be unanimous. The film is notable for its almost exclusive use of one set: out of 96 minutes of run time, only three minutes take place outside of the jury room.