Jenna Woosley
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Movie Analysis: Group Dynamics Perspective
12 Angry Men
A formal group of 12 jurors is devised in order to reach an agreement on whether
or not a young male should be executed for a crime he possibly committed. There were
no evident issues with the group until they called their initial vote. The first stage of
group development was notable within few minutes of starting the movie, because the
audience must assume that the group has been together long enough to have been
introduced to one another.
During this progression, the men obviously allowed themselves to somewhat
bond, they weren’t best pals, but acquainted with the other jurors. Some of them talked
about the case, their jobs, the weather and outside lives; recalling when Juror seven tells
the other members that he has tickets to a Yankee’s game that was taking place later that
night. Those who were talking about the trial had beliefs that were similar. Still a few
were not socially involved with the group, such as Juror eight.
Juror eight was a very charismatic leader, he convinced men who where set in
their judgments on the case that there could be a possibility they maybe wrong about the
ordeal, by presenting the facts in a new light. He caused the situation to become
controversial by passively protesting the quickness of the group to send the defendant to
his emanate demise. By doing so, he established his identity in the group. The other
jurors were absolutely repulsed by the idea that the young man on trial could be innocent,
another juror complained “There’s always one”, I believe this was an attempt at
discounting Juror eight’s wit. Instead of becoming outraged, like the other men, Juror
eight knew how to keep his emotional intelligence in tacked, and easily maintaining it
throughout the movie. Only losing his composure once, when scolding two other men for
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