How do twelve men come to a unanimous decision on the guilt or innocence of a young male teenager? This remarkable play is not about the murder trial itself, but about the process of deliberation that comes after it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This is the 1983 play based upon the 1957 movie of the same name.
I think that this would not be an issue on the stage as you can associate each number with a physical person in front of you.
It was usually very clear as to who the more major characters were and what their thoughts were, but when the smaller characters interjected sometimes I couldn’t really remember who it was. That was really my only critique of this book. I really liked this book and was hooked the whole time, but there were times when I was confused as to who was who. I think it can get confusing as they are only called their numbers (1-12) except for juror one who is called the foreman. One thing I didn’t like about this book is that the characters don’t have names. Overall, this has been one of my favorite books that I’ve read lately. One other thing I really enjoyed was how there is a description of each character at the beginning of the book, so I felt familiar with the characters when I began to read. I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that I read this as a play because I got to imagine it in my mind, but there was less left up to my imagination as there were cues for the actors and detailed descriptions of the scene throughout the book. I originally thought it was clear the man was guilty, but as juror eight continued to explain the reasons for the man’s innocence, my opinions began to change. It was interesting to see how my opinion changed with the jurors. Everyone has made their case as to why the man is not guilty but three won’t go over until everyone is on the opposite side of the room from him and yells the facts at him until he finally cracks and walks to the other side of the room, admitting that there is reasonable doubt of the man's guilt. By the end, it is 11-1 and juror three is the only one left. Some characters are much timider and rarely engage in the conversation, while jurors three and eight are the most talkative and have been arguing throughout the duration of the play. One man decides to change his vote and they continue their discussion. The foreman decides that they should take a vote to decide if they are a hung jury or not, and it is also a 6-6 vote. He convinces the jury and people slowly start to turn to his side, and after lots of fighting it eventually becomes 6-6. The jury begins as 11-1 and only one man thinks he is not guilty, so they must discuss. Twelve Angry Men is a three-act play about a jury who must determine if a man is guilty of murdering his father. I really like plays, so I thought it would be really interesting to read it as a book. My teacher had it in her library so I thought I’d give it a try. I decide to read Twelve Angry Men because my school had performed the play a few years ago.
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