Tuesday, April 19, 2016

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men could be looked at as an untold story. In the play a 19 year old boy's story is being told if he is guilty or innocent for stabbing his father to death. The boy tells his story as if he is innocent. He explains what he was doing that night on the night his father was killed. Witnesses tell their story as if the boy is guilty. They explain what they heard and saw the night the father was killed. The jury tells their story to each other about what they think happened and if the boy is guilty or innocent. A lot of stories are told.  One story that is not told is the father that was killed. That is the untold story. If he had a chance to tell his story what would you think would be different? I think a lot would be different if we had a chance to hear his story. The 19 year old's story was told about how he grew up without a mother, lived in the slums and been knocked down through out his life. These are reasons why he could of committed the crime. Maybe he was an angry kid. But that story is only being looked at one way. If the father was here he could of told us the story from the other side. Was the boy always in trouble? Was the father only trying to help him and teach him? Did they have a good relationship? All questions the father could have answered. The father's untold story could show the truth and let the other side of the story be shown. If the untold story was told, the 19 year old's story would not have been told. If the father's untold story was told, what would you think would be different?