Twelve Angry Men
In life, there are many people who are so stubborn to listen to others because their opinions are not similar to their own. This is what we call arrogance and it can be caused by a person's past experiences, his/her strong desire to believe or act a certain way, or simply a person's selfishness and short attention span. A good example of arrogance is shown in the play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, where juror seven and juror three have their arrogance control their verdicts of a boy whom they believe murdered his father until the reason of another man, juror eight, convinces them to alter their rulings. Many jurors are predisposed to find the defendant guilty because of their previous experiences, prejudices, and their lack of concern. For example, soon after juror eight votes not guilty, juror three begins to talk about his son with juror eight and says, "When he was fifteen he hit me in the face"(317). Due to his failure in raising the type of son that he initially wanted, juror three releases his displaced animosity towards the other jurors. Not only does juror three avenge his anger towards the jurors, but also towards the boy on trial by voting him guilty of murd
er, believing that since his son can hit him in the face, then any boy is competent to kill his own father. In addition to juror three revealing his prejudice towards male adolescents, near the end of Act I, juror seven argues, " Just a minute. Some of us got better things to do than just sit around a jury room"(320). Obviously, juror seven believes the trivial events occurring in his life possess more importanc! e than the life of a boy. Juror seven's ignorance in handling murder cases as well as his little devotion to take this case seriously are the two factors that cause his verdict to be guilty throughout most of the play. Juror three and juror seven are prime examples of how being stubborn can corrupt a person's way of thinking even to the degree where it can jeopardize another individual's life. (244 words) However, juror eight is able establish reasonable dought in the other jurors' minds and verdicts through his commonsense and relentless determination to not give up despite the eleven to one odds. For example, during juror eight's explicit explanation of how there's a good possibility that the boy the old man saw at the night of the murder is not the same boy who is on trial he adds, " It's my guess, the old man was try
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Approximate Word count = 836
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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