12 Angry Men Rhetorical Analysis

Many factors play into persuading the decision of the jurors involved in making the final say in a jury deliberation group. There are many techniques that are involved and used by the different jurors as they have all been through different experiences and have different lifestyles. An example of a difference in people they are, one is very racist and pokes fun at the living conditions of the son, whereas another juror feels for the boy as he also grew up in the slums. With these different experiences in life, it can help in the way one goes about persuading someone about a thing. Persuasion works by a person or group trying to influence another’s beliefs or behavior on a specific topic. Persuasion is particularly crucial for jury deliberation, …show more content…
In the vacant lot across the street. Too many of them. Switch knives came from the neighborhood where I lived. Funny that I didn’t think of it before. I guess one tries to forget those things”(Rose, 56). With these pieces of emotional evidence, it gives the other jurors direct insight on how the living conditions were portrayed and how they were as it comes directly from one who used to live in the slum area. Using information from a direct source offers the jurors more insight as to how things go about in that particular location. Along with this evidence, four jurors had given logic to his arguments that the boy claimed to be not guilty. Lastly, four jurors had used testimonies of others with reliable information in persuading him to the side of the boy not guilty. One of the claims that he made was the fact that the defendant’s story was flimsy. This was later confirmed by the defendant's testimony, as he had mentioned that he couldn’t even see any of the pictures (Rose, 18). Through his testimony, he mentioned that he was at the movies. However, wouldn’t one remember at least a picture or image of what they had witnessed or seen if they were truly at the movies? It had made jurors question the entire story of what the man was

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