Henry Fonda's Use Of Groupthink In 12 Angry Men
The movie 12 Angry Men depicts a typical scene today: twelve jury members meeting to discuss a case presented to them and determine guilt or innocence of a young man accused of killing his own father. Usually the jury room is a place for discussion and debate, but the evidence has swayed all but one of the jurors into voting guilty. The group in the movie is a jury of 12 men with various backgrounds and age groups. They were placed in a deliberation room where the entire move took place.
Soon after the men gather in the deliberation room the foreman suggests a vote. All of the jurors except Henry Fonda suggested the boy was guilty. Fonda, is unsure of the defendant's guilt or innocence himself, even though his fellow jury members all disagree …show more content…
The deliberation room is very hot and most of the jurors just want to get out of there without any arguments. It seems as though some of those who suggested the boy was guilty were reluctant upon raising their hand. This is an example of a fallacy. It is apparent that a few of these jurors weren't sure, but jumped on the bandwagon and went with the majority despite what they may have felt Everyone in the room had at least a little doubt in the fact that the kid was guilty, but only Fonda got up and said anything about it, also breaking the illusion of unity by not staying quiet and speaking his mind, openly declaring that there is no agreement in the matter and that he would have to be convinced otherwise. The messenger service owner and the garage owner, some of the elder men in the group, constantly try to bash Fonda and his points into the ground. Fonda is approached in the bathroom by some of the gentlemen, and they try to convince him let it go and just vote guilty so everyone can go on with their lives. Despite all this pressure, Fonda still continues to determine if there is a reasonable doubt. Also one of the jurors wants to make it to a baseball game so he went with the majority without and serious thought as to what he felt on the
Soon after the men gather in the deliberation room the foreman suggests a vote. All of the jurors except Henry Fonda suggested the boy was guilty. Fonda, is unsure of the defendant's guilt or innocence himself, even though his fellow jury members all disagree …show more content…
The deliberation room is very hot and most of the jurors just want to get out of there without any arguments. It seems as though some of those who suggested the boy was guilty were reluctant upon raising their hand. This is an example of a fallacy. It is apparent that a few of these jurors weren't sure, but jumped on the bandwagon and went with the majority despite what they may have felt Everyone in the room had at least a little doubt in the fact that the kid was guilty, but only Fonda got up and said anything about it, also breaking the illusion of unity by not staying quiet and speaking his mind, openly declaring that there is no agreement in the matter and that he would have to be convinced otherwise. The messenger service owner and the garage owner, some of the elder men in the group, constantly try to bash Fonda and his points into the ground. Fonda is approached in the bathroom by some of the gentlemen, and they try to convince him let it go and just vote guilty so everyone can go on with their lives. Despite all this pressure, Fonda still continues to determine if there is a reasonable doubt. Also one of the jurors wants to make it to a baseball game so he went with the majority without and serious thought as to what he felt on the