Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And 12 Angry Men

To Kill a Mockingbird and Twelve Angry Men are both stories that are mandatory for sophomores enrolled in American Literature at Upper Dublin High School to read. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story told through the 1st person point of view of Jean Louis Finch. The story starts when Jean, nicknamed Scout, is in the 1st grade and she begins telling of how Jem, her brother, broke his arm when he was thirteen. Thus, the story of the Finch’s and everyone else that lived in Maycomb, Alabama began. Twelve Angry Men is a play about twelve separate jurors and their journey on deciding the verdict of a case, ultimately that would save or send the defendant off to his death. In To Kill a Mockingbird and Twelve Angry Men both authors, Harper Lee and Reginald

Although the point of view in the play is 3rd person limited and the way the characters are characterized is different in Twelve Angry Men then in To Kill a Mockingbird. Back to the point, Rose allows all 12 men on the jury to characterize themselves with their dialogue and actions. Some of the major men in the play were characterized by their views on the case and opinions on the verdict. Particularly, the 7th Juror was able to show his stubbornness for the case when he abruptly stated, “ I think the guy’s guilty. You couldn’t change my mind if you talked for a hundred years” (12). His own voice with no other biased input, like Scout’s in To Kill a Mockingbird, compelled the audience to form their own assessments on the 7th Juror. Another example of how characterization was affected by the point of view in the play is by the 8th Juror. The 8th Juror is the the first man to vote guilty and give the defendant a chance, and he added that he did so because, “ It’s not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first” (12). Both characters manage to share their personal traits in short phrases said by themselves, allowed by a 3rd person limited point of