12 ANGRY MEN : A CASE OF TWELVE DIFFERENT

OPINION
By
Rahul Kumar
EE, 3rd year
B12089
12 angry men, in first glance look like a movie about a murder of a father which
committed by 19 year old boy and 12 jury which were going to give a verdict.
In start of the movie, out of 12 jury, 11 gave a verdict of guilty. Lets think how they
reached to that point. In that hearing, prosecution gave many facts first a neighbour
who heard father and boys fighting, boy said I will kill you and went outside and
after sometime neighbour found father murdered. Second fact a lady who saw boy
knifed his father through a window. And some other facts like boy did not has an
alibi.
If anyone hear this facts they are going to say, boy was guilty.
But one out of twelve men (jury number #8) gave a verdict of not guilty. He thought
just hearing facts and give verdict because of those without thinking other things is
not good because somebody life was on line. He tried different statement to show
others that there is some possibility of doubts.
As movie progressed, I saw some of the jury were influenced by their personality and
their experiences. Some of them influenced by facts and how facts were represent
before them. Jury number #3 was biased against 19 year old young man because he
has fight with his son and they are in bad term. Jury number #10 divides the world
into like rich and poor, because young man born in slums he decided that he was
guilty. He also said They dont need any big real reason to kill someone, either.
This showed that their past experience and personal bias determine their thoughts
on the case. Therefore, how a person think and fell inside is reflected in his/her
thought, Opinions and behaviour.
Jury number # 8 try different statement of doubts. He tried different ways of thinking
how it happened, how can be boy is guilty or not, can facts has some misinformation
which also effected some other jury slowly-slowly. Some of them know is thinking is
that young man may not be the murderer. They also tried different way, Different
experiment on the facts.
Now some of them were in opinion of not guilty and other was in opinion of guilty.
Some of them were getting violent because of their biased opinion. But as time
slowly past their opinion also changed some of them were getting doubts by their
own facts, some of them understand the gravity of the case, biased opinion changed
into unbiased verdict and also some were of them gave not guilty verdict because
they wanted that case will end soon.

But after debate, everyone reach same conclusion that may be young man did not
knifed his father.
Now after seeing this movie, I was impressed how this movie contain serious
presentation of our society. In 12 jury, everyone was from different region,
profession. They were representative of the so called Society. In society there are
some people who thought about others, some are who influenced by others, some
are which only care for themselves.Therefore, how a person think and fell inside is
reflected in his/her thought, Opinions and behaviour.