Similarities Between 'Twelve Angry Men And Holbrook's Poem Democracy'

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Is Democracy really fair? Reginald Rose wrote a drama stating his opinion about democracy and Sara Holbrook wrote a poem about hers. The authors for “Twelve Angry Men” and “Democracy” both have different opinions on democracy.

In “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose, he explains in his story that democracy is a fair and a good choice, and everyone should be allowed to vote. The strategy Rose uses in his drama is mood. For mood, the author states on page 104, “What just because I voted fast? I think the guy’s guilty. You couldn’t change my mind if you talked for a hundred years.” This quote taken from the drama shows the conversation is getting heated and the characters aren’t in their “best mood,” persay. On page 102, Rose states, “...That’s eleven for “guilty.” Ok. “Not Guilty?”
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In Holbrook’s poem, she uses imagery. She uses imagery in her poem to give a picture in the reader's mind about her opinion on democracy. In her poem, she writes a paragraph on page 114 about her point of view on democracy, “The same government that issues food stamps for koolaid, popsicles, and tater tots, but not for toilet paper, like it’s some privilege that poor folks don’t need. That same government issues us two rolls per day, 94% of the day since our last 6% cut. Two rolls.” Holbrook explains what democracy is, and how it isn’t fair to her. Further in the Holbrook’s poem, she also added another good claim that democracy is not fair that was on page 114. “The same government that offers tax abated housing to for profit football teams and levies income tax on where’s the profit unemployment compensation.” In this statement, it shows how Sara Holbrook does not agree with democracy and its rule, and wants to prove that with facts and how democracy is treating

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