12 Angry Men Part 2

As I began to read on, I started to think about what would change if some elements in the book were different. I started to think about the jurors. Juror eight is the juror that stirred all the votes up and tried to pull the poll from guilty to not guilty. He brought in ideas, facts and conspiracies that had every juror questioning their vote. He succeeded in some way because some jurors did change their vote to not guilty after listening to him. If juror eight wasn't in the trial and instead it was a quiet man that didn't speak his mind, I guarantee you they would of made the verdict guilty, without any questions. I believe this because at first, every juror besides juror eight voted guilty. If juror eight was not in the story, I don't think it would have interested me because there would have been no argument. Juror eight stirs up the pot and makes the reader even question. I also began to think about if the 19 year old man that stood trial was black or white. If he was black and this was 50 years ago, he would of been convicted guilty without a question because race mattered back then and people targeted black people. But if he was black today, it would of been a fair trial, and race wouldn't of mattered. Another thing that would impact the entire story was if the father somehow survived the stabbing. If he survived, he could of stood up for himself at the trial and be able to tell everyone the truth about what happened. But if he survived I question myself if the jurors argument would be as interesting as it is now. Would the trial be taken as seriously as it is taken now? The last element that would change the story, is if all the jurors were women instead of men. I feel as though women would be more catty and sensitive about feelings instead of men. Some of the women wouldn't have as high of a temper as the men.