12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men



12 Angry Men

Introduction

In the movie "Twelve Angry Men" eighteen years is accused of killing his father. First, all the jurors believed that he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, except for one who believes that they should be more than five minutes, the boy in the decision-making, if he lives or not. The man who does not believe that the boy is guilty explains his views remaining jurors and ridiculed by the other jurors. The old man later sees wherever he goes with his reasoning and the next vote will not be done, he also voices the innocent. Jurors continue to discuss the case and raise some important facts in favor of a teenager. Gradually, more and more jurors to change his mind, and those who do not, more and more outraged.

Discussion

Juror eight, an architect played by Henry Fonda, has strong feelings for the boys vote. He was calm and brave man who fights to see that justice must be done before making a decision about it so quickly. He is the first to say that they should at least review the facts the case before sending it to death. He also points out some flaws in the testimony of an old man, and proves that they cannot put all your trust in the fact that the old man would say. One of the last parts of the evidence that the juror eight brings attention to the way the boy's father was stabbed to death. He gets it in the minds of other jurors, that there is reasonable doubt, and saves the boy's life, because he decides to review the facts in the case with the jury. In contrast to the jury eight, ten angry and did not like the boy who affects his voice. Ten also said that he was guilty until the end of the movie, and constantly referring to the racial group of the boy as "their", and "these people", due to the fact he was in Puerto Rico(Lanham, 2003). Ten was not a just man, and seemed to be very prejudice against the boy and said what he did not value human life. Negative feelings that ten were against the boy made him guilty of vote in most movies.

At the beginning of this movie eight jurors did not believe the boy was innocent, but he wanted to see the facts before he sent the boy to die. He brought to the table, the testimony and evidence, and saw them all carefully, considering the small details, as well as large. It's hard to believe all the witnesses had to say on the stand. For example, he acted as the old night of the murder by pretending he was in the apartment at night and walked across the room to show the jury that the witness had said was wrong (The New York Times, 1957). He took a man for more than twenty seconds walk to the stairs to prove that man has not ...