[Sample Term Paper] 12 Angry Men
A persons surroundings can influence him. In “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose a young man’s life is held by twelve men with contrasing views. Eight a caring man, who wishes to talk about why the other jurors think that the boy is guilty, clashes with Three, a sadistic man who would pull the switch himself to end the boys life. Accroding to Rose, several elements can infulence a jury’s verdict, such as the emotional make-up of individual jurors.
Many elements can change a jurors decision. Juror Three, who is convincd that the boy is guilty,
is allied with Four who is eventually convicedEights showing of how the two testimonies given by the old woman and old man are lies, votes guilty. Three outraged by this exclames “A guilty man’s gonna be walking the streets… he’s got to die! Stay with me.” (23) But Four sees the truth that Eight has brought into th light and still votes guilty. Eight tries to convince Three how the boy is not guilty beyond reasonable doubt but Three does not listen adn would rather see the boy die. “For this kid, you bet I’d pull the switch.”(17) This shows how emotionally unstable Three is. He is a grown man living in a civilized community and would like to see a boy who he does not even know die by his own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says about killing the boy and shouts “your a sadist.”(17) which is the absolute truth about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can change his desicision on wther or not to let a man live or die. When someone is asked judge someone else, shoud not you look at al the facts to be sure beyond a shoadow of a doubt that the man who cimmitted the crime is guilty? Yes, a juror should look at all the facts but some do not, they just judge the person on how that person feels.
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