Sunday, March 1, 2015
1A - Will Metcalf
Prejudice plays a part in obscuring the truth many times throughout the play. Judging one based on their appearance or past self leads to an inability to think clearly and without bias. We see this in many of the juror's opinions, as eleven of the twelve of them believe the boy to be guilty at the very start of the trial. Their opinions are most likely influenced by the setting being in the slums and the fact that the boy has a criminal past. Every piece of evidence must be carefully considered without bias for a court of law to be effective.
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I fully agree that prejudice can blind people from the truth. The jurors did make harsh judgements on the boy based on his past. The jurors were quick to label the boy as a murder, but slow in changing their minds after hearing facts. Once a stereotype is formed it is hard to break. But I think that in any setting people need to be careful about prejudice, so they don't become bias about any situations or problems that might come about.
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree with your statement that prejudice plays a part, their opinions in the beginning of the play are most likely due to the evidence that they have recieved from the many witnesses. Their bias opinions were only brought up when they were challenged by Juror Eight to defend their initial decisions, and that's when prejudice begins to take hold of the verdict. I'm glad that EIght and the other Jurors analyzed the evidence as well as they did, because if they had just gone along with the unproven words of the witnesses, they may have put an innocent boy to death.
ReplyDeleteI agree that being prejudice often times blind people from the truth. The majority of the jurors were quick to conclude the boy was guilty due to his past. If not for the one juror to fight for the boy, an innocent person would have been decided guilty
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