english practice sac 2 (conflict)

introduction (TICS)

T- conflict is one of many pathways to come to a conclusion when trying to achieve justice

I- Reginald rose, the author of the ‘twelve angry men’ orchestrates three different types of conflict throughout the play

C- 

S- person against society conflict, juror vs juror conflict, internal conflict

paragprah 1

firstly

T- individual against society

E- can feel isolating, especially when it feels theyre given lesser-quality services because of this

E- the defendant, had grown up impoverished. juror 8- “kicked around all his life… thats not a good start”

A- had not been given the chance to grow up like a ‘regular kid’

E- the lawyer not presenting the case as well as he could of.  “if i was on trial for my life i’d want my lawyer to tear the persecution witness to shreds”

A- lawyer may have not felt the need to put much effort into this case because it was assigned by the state, because the boy could not afford his own lawyer.

E- lawyers gave room for assumptions, and for the jurors to assume guilt rather than thinking about it

A- juror 8 was the only juror to question the evidence given in court

L- the argument that the lawyer did not present the case to the best of his ability caused the initial conflict from juror 8

paragraph 2

T- juror vs juror conflict 

E- there are a pattern of jurors that often to head-to-head, often towards juror 8 

E- juror 6 vs 3 - “a guy who talks like that to an old man outa really get stepped on y’know”

A- stands up for juror 9, who was making valuable comments about the issue of if the boy is innocent or not.

E- juror 4 vs 10 - “sit down. and dont open your filthy mouth again”

A- juror 4 is sick of juror 10 picking fights with everyone, and being prejudice

E- juror 5 vs 10 - “there is something personal”

A- wants juror 10 to realise where he is going wron

L- 

paragraph 3

T- internal conflict

E- 

E-juror 3 - “rotten kid. you work your heart out”

A-conflict with himself, regrets how he brought up his kid for him to go no-contact

E- “jeez, i can feel the knife goin’ in” - he’s relating to the father as if it was his kid

A- “it’s not your boy. he’s somebody elses

E-the others are silent while he is conflicting with himself - “well, what d’ya want? thats it.”

A- they are letting him run out of steam on his own, rather than fighting back because they know he’s hurt and is trying to find any excuse he can.

L-

introduction

T- conflict is portrayed to move through the play

I- ‘twelve angry men’ by Reginald rose, happens between the jurors disagreeing with eachother

C- ‘

S-