Norms: · Respect elders (e.g., the laborer is the self-appointed enforcer of good manners) · The jurors had come to value a case based on facts, not prejudice or stereotypes. Those who upheld this value (Juror 8 and the Juror 4) were respected and became leaders that were looked to for guidance. The jurors that maintained arguments based on stereotypes alienated themselves from the others. · The decision has to be unanimous (hung jury was something nobody liked) · No racial prejudices were tolerated (everybody turned their backs to juror 10 when he started saying that “he knew people of these kind very well”) Processes: The group initially started with a process of arriving at a decision by voting and there was a groupthink causing everyone (apart from juror 8) to vote guilty. Then a secret ballot was carried out and it was decided that the jury would debate for at least an hour before deciding on the fate of the boy. The first turning point in the jury's decision-making process occurs when Juror 8 dramatically produces a switchblade exactly like the murder weapon, thus disproving the prosecution's argument that the murder weapon was unique in design, Juror 8 had walked through the defendant's neighborhood earlier that week and had bought the knife from a local pawnshop, even though he knew it was against the law to purchase a switchblade. Juror 8 thus causes a few jurors to question the strength of the prosecution's case; his illegal purchase of the switchblade enables him to break the force of the majority's resistance to his viewpoint. Juror 8 convinces the other jurors, one by one, to analyze the evidence, and their grudging review of the facts slowly convinces them that there is a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt. The jurors never find the truth? the identity of the true murderer is never discovered? but justice occurs within the institution of the court with the jury's verdict of not guilty. This just result is brought about because one juror, motivated by his respect for the law and its processes, is able to defy the peer pressure of the jury room in his quest for the truth. The jurors are transformed by the process of deliberating. Eleven men voted guilty because of their prejudices, fears, laziness and insecurities, but ... ... middle of paper ... ...(Robert Webber) · Juror 7 kept referring to he baseball game and was distracted throughout· Juror 12 kept telling everyone irrelevant stories about his work and had no real inputs for the group Aggressor attacks the group Juror 3 (Lee J. Cobb) Attacked the group towards the end saying that everybody had been conned by juror 8 self- confessor uses the group as a forum for inappropriate talk about self Juror 12 (Robert Webber) help seeker looks for sympathy from others -- victim Clown shows non-involvement in group and engages in distracting communication Juror 7 (Jack Warden) Dominator attempts to manipulate the group and dominate others Juror 3 (Lee J. Cobb)
In a crowded jury room in downtown New York, opinions collide as discussion about the innocence of a young boy is decided. The dark and foreboding storm clouds that hang over the heads of the jurors are beginning to lift as time progresses and new facts are presented. One juror is not happy about this stay of execution and is holding fast his opinion of guilty. Juror three, the president of his business, refuses to alter his vote or opinion in any way. Still haunted by his own son, juror three verbally assaults the group with a forceful tone and a taciturn attitude. One of twelve, Reginald Rose created them all from the same pen and ink, and they could all be no more different.
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These two jurors are almost the plain opposite of each other. Juror 3 appears to be a very intolerant man accustomed of forcing his wishes and views upon others. On the other hand, Juror 8 is an honest man who keeps an open mind for both evidence and reasonable doubt. Since these two people are indeed very different, they both have singular thoughts relating to the murder case. Juror 8 is a man who is loyal to justice. In the beginning of the play, he was the only one to vote ‘not guilty’ the first time the twelve men called a vote. Although his personality is reflected on being a quiet, thoughtful, gentle man, he is still a very persistent person who will fight for justice to be done. Juror 8 is a convincing man who presents his arguments well, but can also be seen as manipulative. An example would be when he kept provoking Juror 3 until he finally said “I’m going to kill you" to Juror 8. He did this because he wanted to prove that saying "I’ll kill you" doesn’t necessarily mean that Juror 3 was actually going to kill him. Juror 3 is a totally different character. He is a stubborn man who can be detected with a streak of sad...
Juror #10, a garage owner, segregates and divides the world stereotypically into ‘us’ and ‘them.’ ‘Us’ being people living around the rich or middle-class areas, and ‘them’ being people of a different race, or possessing a contrasting skin color, born and raised in the slums (poorer parts of town). It is because of this that he has a bias against the young man on trial, for the young man was born in the slums and was victim to domestic violence since the age of 5. Also, the boy is of a Hispanic descent and is of a different race than this juror, making him fall under the juror’s discriminatory description of a criminal. This is proven on when juror #10 rants: “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 (59).
In the play, 12 Angry Men, a man’s life is put on the balance of being convicted for the murder of his father. The twelve jurors have heard and seen all the evidence presented to them in court for the past six day. Now, it is up to their decision. Juror eight was the only one out of the other jurors to not immediately conclude that the man is guilty. After a second deliberation between the jurors, excluding Juror eight, one of them joined with Juror eight. The question is who? Who reexamined the information given to him with the rebuttals from Eight. After going through the information given, Juror nine is a candidate for that position, but it is more possible that Juror five had a doubt. Juror five has a similar upbringing to the defendant.
Even though he was dissatisfied with the way the trial was being controlled and faced with much antagonism, he continued to support for the boy. Juror eight wanted to examine the evidence in more depth because he was very keen to justice, and was compassionate toward the nineteen-year-old suspect. He used different strategies to find the trust about the murder, which includes thinking outside of the box and picturing different variations of the same circumstance. His behavior of inspiring others to share their views and linking with them on a personal level helped him to show the right path. His democratic and affiliative style kept the discussion going and to a conclusion without any major
Juror #9: A mild, gentle old man, he is the first to agree with Juror #8, deciding that there is not enough evidence to immediately sentence the young man to death and that by changing his vote there will be more discussion. Also, Juror #9 is the first to draw attention to Juror #10’s racist attitude, saying, “What this man says is very dangerous.” Later, identifying with the old man who was the downstairs witness for the prosecution, he suggests that the man may ha...
Juror Eight was to first to overlook bias and really look at the entire case with perspective. While all the other jurors voted guilty purely because the boy was raised in a slum and was Puerto Rican, Juror Eight voted not guilty for a chance to discuss the case like a proper jury should. Willing to go against eleven other flustered and aggressive men, Juror Eight was a surprisingly audacious and open-minded man. “It’s not so easy for me to raise my
The movie, 12 Angry Men, is a movie about a twelve-man jury and their way of deciding whether or not a boy who was accused of killing his father was guilty or not guilty. The juror I focused on in the movie was the eighth man on the jury and also was an architect. The architect was the only man to vote “not guilty” on the boy in beginning of the movie.
...ul moment in the movie, similar to McLemore’s Guideline #3 “it is to a man’s honor if he avoids quarrels, but fools never exercise self-control” (2003). Instead of the other jurors engaging in an argument, and telling him how ignorant he was, they made a stronger statement by turning their backs to him, shutting him out. Eventually, Juror #10 voted not guilty.
Plot: “Twelve Angry Men” is an interesting and exciting jury-room confrontation in which an "open and shut case" becomes strenuous as twelve strangers scuffle for answers. The trial involves a nineteen-year-old boy, who is suspect of killing his father in a late-night altercation with an extraordinary knife. His fate now lies in the hands of 12 jurors, each with his own determination to solve the case and reveal the truth. As the session takes its course, evidence becomes scrutinised, tempers rise, and the jury room erupts in a shouting brawl because one such juror finds reasonable doubts in the two testimonies that were deemed credible enough to convict. In his fight for an acquittal, the singled out juror found that the testimonial evidence was not only unreliable, but the timely fashion in which both the man and the woman alleged to have seen and heard the defendant were by far insufficient. Upon reaction to his vote, the dubious jurors immediately began questioning the man, not understanding how he could possibly think that way. Nevertheless, the adamant juror held his ground and the votes were: 11 guilty, and 1 not guilty, but the decision had to be unanimous.
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The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable aquatic life and is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Made up of nearly 2,900 individual reefs, 600 continental islands and 300 coral cays, it’s the world’s largest single structure comprised of living organisms. If the Great Barrier Reef is looked at primarily by species diversity, then it can be classified as one of the most diverse habitats on the entire planet. Close to 9,000 species of marine life live in the GBR and have existed there for millions of years. (Bellwood, 2016) This can be detrimental to the entire ecosystem if the Great Barrier Reef reaches it tipping point due to the negative impact that human activity has on it. Many organisms and humans depend
...e young boy deserved. Comparing juror eight to many of the other jurors, the other jurors were quick to point fingers, accusing other of changing their mind other simple words; the jurors were scared to stand out and be different than the majority.