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    know what a hero is capable of doing and what they mean in a person's life? Well a hero has always been admired and idealized for his courage, such as standing up against the world in order to prove their point. As shown in Rose Reynold’s twelve angry men, Juror 8 also known as Joseph Sweeney, has portrayed a role as a hero. As he had valued the life of an young teenager, and believed that they should be rethinking if the son is guilty or not. From my perspective, juror 8, Joseph Sweeney, is a true

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    In the film "12 angry men", we can see that there is no sensitivity towards the kid that is blamed for homicide of his dad. Most of the legal jurors felt that there ought to be no requirement for sensitivity since the greater part of the proof that was brought into the court has smashed the safeguard and the kid's chance on trial. The arraignment made it clear that the kid is truth be told guilty. In the underlying vote that was finished by the legal jurors, everyone votes "guilty" against the kid

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    entertaining case studies which with they can further understand and explore various theoretical concepts. This is exactly what is being highlighted in the article "Demonstrating Group Process Using 12 Angry Men," written by Stephen A. Armstrong and Robert C. Berg. Utilizing elements from the movie, 12 Angry Men, the authors discuss the various elements of group dynamics. The film highlights group interaction in a stressful situation, in this case a jury room, and thus allows students to explore group

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    Dan Bodson CMST 140 12 Angry Men Any jury trial is bound to have some sort of conflict involved when coming to a verdict. The portrayal of a murder case in the movie, 12 Angry Men, involves many different examples of conflict, as well as the approaches to conflict used by different characters. Almost every conversation in the film involves conflict, since the characters are all debating whether or not the boy being tried for murder is guilty or not, but there are a few scenes in which different

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    In two similar pieces, one man stands for the innocence wrongly convicted men. These pieces look into the severe injustice of the justice system. These men are Juror 8 from 12 Angry Men and Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird. In both To Kill A Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men, men were wrongly convicted and are being fought for by men who used multiple different . By comparing their argument techniques and use of ethos, logos, and pathos, we learn how Juror 8 and Atticus Finch worked to try to

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    able to find the compensation or right of someone or something. Law is a list of rules that you must obey or follow. Lastly, revenge is merely trying to get back at someone or something to find justice. Law, justice, and revenge all play a part in 12 Angry Men, Ox-Bow Incident, Murder on the Orient Express, and Deathwatch. Together these 4 stories prove the theme of finding justice. Justice is finding the truth to a particular event that happened. Law is a set of rules that you must follow. Revenge

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    12 Angry Men Questions By: Charlie Farr I believe that every juror enters the courtroom with some type of prejudice against someone. I do not believe that Juror #8 used reverse discrimination because he was more concerned about the facts than he was about anything else. I do not believe that the trial should have been a hung jury. Juror number three wanted it to be hung only because of his previous experiences with his son. He saw resemblance of his own son in the boy on trial. I think that not having

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    Star Wars: A New Hope and 12 Angry Men are two movies that have underlying similarities and visible differences. While not entirely obvious, there are similarities between the movies based on character development and plot lines. Due to the nature of the two movies, it is extremely obvious as to the differences between the two. The similarities include the character development of Juror 7 (Jack Warden) in 12 Angry Men and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in Star Wars: A New Hope and a “good vs. bad” theme

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    There are many significant views and values that Reginald Rose demonstrates in 12 Angry Men the most important one being that prejudice constantly affects the truth and peoples judgement. As the jurors argue between themselves as to whether a young boy is guilty of stabbing his father it is shown that “It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this.” This is most evident in the way juror #3 and juror #10 come to their decision that the young man is guilty as they bring in there

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    Comparison essay comparing Juror 3 and Juror 8 What are some similarities between Jurors 3 and 8? What about differences? Oh gosh, it's been years since I've seen the movie (didn't read the play).  Okay, Juror #3 is the angry father, and Juror #8 is the guy who stands alone in the INNOCENT vote, right? I suspect the similarities are easier to find by reading the play because the movie really shows their contrasts. There is one similarity in that when they really believe something, they

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