Twelve Angry Men A Reflective Essay on Human Natureand Its Influence on Juror #4’s and Juror #5’s Deliberations

In Twelve Angry Men, the audience gets to view the two sides of the legal system. We view the institution that would want to be objective, and the human element, the jury, where each individual brings his own personal subjective point of view. This movie exposes the different types of people called to judge ones peers and the complexity of human nature and what different circumstances influence a juror’s thought process. This review will focus on Juror #4, the wealthy stock broker, and Juror #5, a man raised in the slums; two men from completely different worlds placed together side-by-side to determine a young boy’s fate.
The jury of Twelve Angry Men is entrusted with the power to send a poor boy with an immigrant background to the electric chair for killing his father with a switchblade knife. These men are locked in a small, claustrophobic room on a stifling hot summer day until they come up with a unanimous decision – guilty or not guilty. Each juror brings his personal...