Juror #8 ended up converting the entire jury from “guilty” to “not guilty”. #8’s successful argument relies on three major techniques, including using “expertise” and “liking” to persuade the stubborn and bitter jurors to see his arguments from a fair perspective. First, he helped his argument by repeatedly reminding the jury of his purpose. His goal was only to insert enough “reasonable doubt” into each juror’s mind, not completely overturning every piece of evidence. Therefore, he repeated “reasonable
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Who are "Those People"? The poor/underprivileged. Persuasive Methods: Logos: Appeal based on reason or logic. Logical reasons or examples/the logic used to support a claim (induction and deduction); can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument. Juror 8: • asked the jurors to discuss this for just an hour; won’t “send a boy off to die without talking about it first” • made each small point of his persuasion very easy to accept and as logical as possible so none of
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In Reginald Rose’s play Twelve Angry Men, juror four only allows factual evidence influence his views on the case. The play depicts a case where a jury of twelve men has to decide if a boy is guilty or not guilty of killing his father. They are presented with evidence and testimonies and are set aside in a room to interpret the information. If they vote guilty, he will be executed and if they vote not guilty he will be set free. Although all three modes play part in changing the the fourth juror’s
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In a New York City, an 18-year-old male from a slum is on a trial claiming that he is responsible for his father death by stabbing him After both sides has finished their closing argument in the trial, the judge asks the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty or not The judge informs the jury decided the boy is guilty, he will face a death sentence as a result of this trial The jurors went into the private room to discuss about this case. At the first vote, all jurors vote guilty apart from
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Small Group Analysis of ’12 Angry Men’ Interpersonal and Group Dynamics – SOSC 301 Instructor: Mr. Crisp Bryant & Stratton College October 31, 2012 A Small Group Analysis of ’12 Angry Men’ Set in a large U.S. city, in the 1950’s, Twelve men of a jury are sequestered in a room and are unable to leave until a weighty decision is made, one that will either condemn a young man to death or set him free. The twelve strangers are trapped within the confines of the jury room until the goal
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While reading Reginald Roses Twelve Angry Men the readers and audience are required to do some thinking and responding. Rose choses to include numerous dramatic climaxs in his drama, which usually foreshawdow events that will soon occur. Therefor, the readers are alwazs engaged and wondering about what will happen next. Throughout the drama many important events occur, however Rose choses not to explain all of them in detail. He also leaves many answers of the readers questions unanswered. At
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12 Angry Men Separate Paragraphs Juror #3, is a strongly opinionated man who is extremely intolerant of other people's views and opinions, he obstructs the jury system. He is “accustomed to forcing his wishes and views upon others” through the use of strong words and force (1). While talking to juror #12, juror #3 decides to play tic-tac-toe during the trial and says “Your turn. We might as well pass the time” (13). The utter fact that juror #3 had the audacity to play a game during a life or death
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Opposing Thoughts in a Coexisting World The foundation of life of this world, is coexisting with one another at the same time or in the same place in peace. In the story “Twelve Angry Men” written by Reginald Rose, he creates a theoretical question, if opposing ideas can coexist as well. Justice verses mercy and certainty versus doubt is the underlying conflict throughout the story displayed by each juror with their personal backgrounds either leading to condemning or saving a teen’s life. After
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What? (1 point) * What happened in class today? * We talked about how evaluations affected us. Then we moved onto the group presentations from chap 9-15. * What content was covered? * Based on what was presented, I think that we covered all 6 chapters from shared leadership, to transformational leadership, core principles, learning taking ownership, and many more. * How did this class stimulate or hamper your learning? * I would say that It helped my learning
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Throughout Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, fear is the most prominent motivation of the key characters in these two plays. There are many differences and similarities between both of the plays Twelve Angry Men and The Crucible, the main similarity between them both is fear but there is also similarities in the sense that prejudice, justice, and tension between the communities in both of the plays. Fear is something caused by threat, danger, harm or anxiety, in
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