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Paul Kim Period 3
Irvin Washington
Washington
Irvin
Polish
July 19, 1921
Manhattan, New York
His Past
His Personality
Patient
Protective of where he grew up(slums)
Nervous
Naive
Anxious
"Now, just a minute--------"(28)
"I was going to tell you, but you were so sure of yourself."(28)
In the text, after Act I when a Juror changes his vote to not guilty, Juror 3 immediately thinks it's Juror 5. However, Juror 5 was patient and let him rant on him and say what he wanted.
In the text and in the movie during the trial, and when the jurors were discussing the slums, Juror 5 kept on bringing up his past and how the slums were.
"In my backyard. On my stoop, in the vacant lot across the street, too many of them. Switch knives came with the neighborhood where I lived. Funny I didn't think of it before. I guess you try to forget those things.
(Flicking the knife open) Anyone who's ever used a switch knife would never have stabbed downward. You
don't handle a switch knife that way. You use it underhanded.(56)
"[after staring at THREE for a moment.] Okay."(30)
"I---I don't know."(25)
Dear my Wife Katie,
It has been a long day in the hot, tight jury room. There was a lot of fighting and a lot of arguing due to the hot climate. We were all sweating so much! When I first walked into the jury room, I knew for a fact that the kid was guilty of murder. There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to disagree with the majority. Especially in front of the elders! However, this smart and couraageous man, Juror 8 stood alone against the eleven of us. I was thinking to myself, how could you think that a kid can be not guilty of murder when there is so much evidence against him? Such as the man downastairs and the woman across the street. However, he voted not guilty to try to talk and discuss before sending a boy to die. The discussion went on and on until one of the jurors mentioned that he was raised in the slums. Then it came to me, the evidence in court showed that the boy stabbed the father in a downwards angle. If the boy really was a knife fighter from the slums like me, he wouldn't have stabbed his father downwards, he would have stabbed upwards being about six inches shorter. From this little piece of evidence, I convinced myself to vote that the boy is not guilty and it impacted the other jurors making them think. It was hard standing up and sharing this in front of all my elderss. However, it felt very relieving. Anyway, I will see you tomorrow in the evening!
Love,
Your Dear Irvin
Analysis
Regarding Juror 5 as a very young man with no experience , the other older jurors believe him to not know the ways of the world yet. Therefore, because they think that he is young and naive, his say doesn't really matter to them and they think it is petty. However, later in the book and the movie, Juror 5 brings up an important piece of information. He says that the boy would have stabbed his father in an upwards angle if he was a trained knife fighter. Even though this could have changed the jury's opinions and votes, he was still viewed as an inexperienced young man. As a conclusion, Juror 5 didn't really have an impact in the trial. He was just known as a young and naive man.
Works Cited
Image 1: Reynolds, Kevin. "You're a pretty smart fella, aren't you?" - The legacy of 12 Angry Men. Digital file, 28 Aug. 2017.
Image 2: Pinterest. Passport Template. Digital file.
Image 3: Juror #5. Digital file, 2015.
12 Angry Men. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Henry Fonda. Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1957.
DVD
Rose, Reginald, and Sherman L. Sergel. Twelve Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts.
Woodstock, Illinois, THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1983. Print.