12 Angry Men And Langston Hughe's Democracy

In “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose and in “Democracy” by Langston Hughe’s, both authors are conveying the message that democracy should become different and that it is an unfair government. In “12 Angry Men” Rose knows that democracy would’ve been a better form of government if people actually took their jobs seriously, instead of slacking around. For instance, this action in the drama, “Seven or eight hands go up immediately. Several others go up more slowly. Everyone looks around the table as the Foreman rises and begins to count hands,” (102) is contributing to the mood of the play because it’s explaining that some people in the jury didn’t give a second thought about their decision and that the other people that hesitated to make their

“I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread, ” (112) in this metaphor, the narrator doesn’t have the patience to wait for his own rights and freedom because by the time his freedom and rights are granted he will most likely be deceased and not be there to enjoy it/use it. He’s tired of living the way he is and the way he’s being mistreated. The narrator wants to live like every other white person. In this quote, “I have as much right As the other fellow has To stand On my own two feet And own the land,” (111) the author is expressing, through an idiom that he wants equality just like the whites. The narrator says that it’s not fair that the opposite color have more privileges than them. Another example from the poem says, “I live here,too. I want freedom Just as you” (112). Here the author is saying that the narrator needs his freedom because he can’t be treated like he is right now (unfair rights). Hughes is expressing his perspective on democracy by using figurative language and descriptive