12 angry men book summary

The most important thing to know about Juror 7 is that he doesn't really care about justice and wants to reach a verdict ASAP so he can get to a baseball game. This is pretty much the first thing we learn about him when he says, "OK, men. Let's take our seats, huh?

12 angry men act 1

We can all get out of here pretty quick. I have tickets to that ball game tonight. Yanks and Cleveland. We've got this kid Modjelewski in there. Juror 7 knows full well that he doesn't care about the verdict, but at least in the beginning, he pretends to be offended when someone questions his motives. He shows this offense when he says, "What, just because I voted fast?

I think the guy's guilty. You couldn't change my mind if you talked for a hundred years.

12 angry men act 1 summary

He's just saying whatever he thinks will get the verdict over with as soon as possible. By the midway point of the movie, 7 has started saying stuff like, "Do me a favor. Wake me up when this is over. I'll tell you something. I'm a little sick of this whole thing already.