The spiral of silence is rising

Khalil 2022-04-20 09:01:07

First of all, let me talk about the biggest theme of this film, which is the arbitrariness and lack of fact-finding of the jurors. Without going into the facts first, people are always accustomed to seek what seems to be an absolute fact, and are accustomed to listen. In the first decision, we found that everyone did not say why the child must be guilty. The standard they judged was "If he killed someone, he should be in the electric chair. Is this still questionable?" When the only person pointed out the specific loopholes in the facts , they'll be red-faced and yell that you're talking nonsense. The second we found that the witness testimony of the specific support of the case people will take for granted that it exists reasonably, such as the old man who heard the voice and the woman who saw the murder scene, the jurors will not deduce the rationality of its existence. We will find that the first person to stand up and say not guilty is not so otherworldly thinking, but not everyone here. They didn't say not guilty until the testimony in support of the child's overturn was deduced to be unreasonable. This is yet another difficulty in accepting a fact that lacks a situational questioning of the fact. To be rude is to say hilariously. Use your own cognition to make judgments based on how you think it is, and this is not called judgment. This is called the exchange of opinions and prejudice. Let's look at their prejudice and herd mentality. The first and biggest feature is their change of opinion on a show of hands. There is a thing in communication science called the spiral of silence. The public voice will eliminate the small voice and become the mainstream. The first time the jurors raised their hands to vote, some wanted to be not guilty. When they found out that they would be a minority, they no longer dared to stand up. So I hope to join this part of the public, lose self-judgment and instill myself with public opinions, and get gregarious. The second is the sloppiness and recklessness of the jurors, and we found that they kept saying how much time we had to spend on this. Still bragging about your work, networking, and playing Sudoku during the discussion. Even the guy who was in a hurry to go to the ball said not guilty in order to finish early. "Why do you think you have such a right to play other people's lives as a child's play" Prejudice and irrationality You think you are an outsider and can see through , we don't know how many wrongful convictions have occurred like this

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  • Vito 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    The number eight is so awesome! ! 1vs11

  • Clotilde 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    [A+] An extremely powerful masterpiece, from the director's script to the actors are impeccable. It is difficult for a small pattern to create conflict itself, so most of the same themes choose to borrow location; and except for the three scenes at the beginning and the end of the film, there is no location in the whole film, and it all takes place in a small room, but it creates such a strong dramatic conflict. is a miracle. The whole film is very coherent, coherent, fast-paced, but also knows to relax the audience during the intermission at the appropriate time, and constantly enrich the characters during the break, and finally all the details of the whole film are impeccable. Unlike conventional suspense films, perhaps this film cannot be called a suspense film - the outcome of the case is not important, the case itself is the point. There is a strong collision between different people and different values. There is no truth. What they seek is only "possibility". Conscience was stifled by boredom at first, but it was constantly awakened in the collision, and everyone slowly took up their responsibility for a strange life.

12 Angry Men quotes

  • Juror #6: [when Juror #8 asks him to "suppose" the defendant's innocence] Well, I'm not used to supposin'. I'm just a workin' man. My boss does all the supposin', but I'll try one. Supposin' you talk us all out of this, and, uh, the kid really did knife his father?

  • Juror #10: [the vote has become 9-3, enraging Juror #10] I don't understand you people! I mean all these picky little points you keep bringing up. They don't mean nothing! You saw this kid just like I did. You're not gonna tell me you believe that phony story about losing the knife, and that business about being at the movies. Look, you know how these people *lie!* It's *born* in them! I mean, what the heck? I don't have to tell you! They don't know what the truth *is!* And lemme tell ya: they don't need any real big reason to kill someone, either! No *sir!*

    [#5 slams the paper down, gets up from his seat]

    Juror #10: They get drunk! Oh, they're real big drinkers, all of 'em - you know that - and bang: someone's lyin' in the gutter! Oh, nobody's blaming them for it. That's the way they are, by nature! You know what I mean? *Violent!*

    Juror #10: [#9 rises and crosses to the window] Where're you going? Human life don't mean as much to them as it does to us!

    [#11 gets up and walks to the other window]

    Juror #10: Look, they're lushing it up and fighting all the time and if somebody gets killed, so somebody gets killed! They don't care! Oh, sure, there are some good things about 'em, too! Look, I'm the first one to say that!

    Juror #10: [#8 gets up and walks to the nearest wall] I've known a couple who were OK, but that's the exception, y'know what I mean? Most of 'em, it's like they have no feelings! They can do anything!

    [#2 and #6 get up from the table. Everyone's back is to #10]

    Juror #10: [looking around, starting to decline in volume] What's goin' on here? I'm trying to tell ya... You're makin' a big mistake, you people! This kid is a liar! I know it, I know all about them! Listen to me... They're no good! There's not a one of 'em who is any good! I mean, what's happening in here? I'm speaking my piece, and you...

    [the Foreman gets up and walks away. So does #12]

    Juror #10: Listen to me. We're... This kid on trial here... his type, well, don't you know about them? There's a, there's a danger here. These people are dangerous. They're wild. Listen to me. Listen.

    Juror #4: [quietly and firmly] I have. Now sit down and don't open your mouth again.

    [beat]

    Juror #10: [the shock of being ignored and silenced sinking in] I'm jus' tryin'-a... tell ya...