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The movie Marshal take place in year 1954, Which that black and white people still are against each other. The Marshal show how race and law work for in this case and how it changes overtime. This movie follows Thurgood Marshall and Samuel Friedman prove that this black man Joseph Spell that he is innocent. But this case shows more than truth than it seems. The beginning of the movie it show the Marshall in a case where he defends this black man because the police beat him because he did something that a white man Can only do. Back in those time many white people hate the black people because for color. I believe that people where influence because of their parent and culture they live. When the Marshal was called to New York because the NAACP. …show more content…
When Samuel Friedman a Jewish lawyer is now forcing to help him in this case. By the time the Marshal and Samuel enter the court room, the judge said that the Marshal is here he can’t not speak. The prove difficult to them because Samuel never handle this big case and the judge that he believes that it was the Joseph Spell. As they leave the court house news report, Samuel just keep walking. The Marshal on the other hand told them what he believes that the ‘constitution of America was not made to help them, but we make work for us’ people scream at the Marshal for saying that the black want it to be their equal. As Samuel Friedman see his normal life change with his wife trying to work what happen and his Jewish people look to him with hate. I believe by that time they don’t see him as black people lover. When they pick the jury the Marshal and Samuel have a difficult time picking the jury in which that two people The Jew and Black and one is in the same cities as the victim. By the point the court start the beginning went go that the jury see a chance that Joseph might be innocent. When the other lawyer Loren Wills make a deal that can give Joseph a twenty-year sentence instead a life sentence. The Marshal believe that he shouldn’t if he innocent. Because they Joseph one witness the Police officer when he …show more content…
By the point they told Joseph to tell the truth to the court. Joseph told his side of the story in which Loren ask why he lied about not rape her. Joseph told the court room that tell the truth for a black person get him in trouble or kill. Loren ask the judge to erase the question, but the judge declined for the reason he lied. By this point of the movie it shows that if Eleanor told it was consensual people will look at her different than they see what was her before and that the reason she
The film starts with an uprising after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident Highlights Prejudices. The teenager was labeled a thief because of the color of his skin and the unjustifiable murder causes racial tensions that exist as a result of the integration of the high schools.
This movie was mostly about stereotypes and being able to make the best out of a bad situation. Malcolm gets stereotyped throughout the movie. Many times he is asked who he is and his response each time is “I am Malcolm”. People keep trying to fit him into a certain category, but he doesn’t. He says because of that he has a better perspective on the world around him. This movie also touches on other social issues like race.
“Their struggle has been a struggle that every black person went through, one that grew from the seeds of slavery and took hold in a post-civil war America, when blacks gained their freedom (Shadow Boxing - The Journey of the African-American Boxer (Great Documentary), 2012).” It was interesting to learn from the movie that “reconstruction is a defining moment in African-American history in which blacks gained political rights in the south. With these rights, whites saw the blacks gain social equality. Fearing what they saw, whites brought a quick end to reconstruction. (Shadow Boxing - The Journey of the African-American Boxer (Great Documentary), 2012)." It would be interesting to interview people from the past to ask them why they think it 's okay to treat African Americans like that. It made me wonder what white people were thinking in the past. It brought tears to my eyes to learn that blacks quickly lost their new found freedom and lynching
Even before the jury sits to take an initial vote, the third man has found something to complain about. Describing “the way these lawyers can talk, and talk and talk, even when the case is as obvious as this” one was. Then, without discussing any of the facts presented in court, three immediately voiced his opinion that the boy is guilty. It is like this with juror number three quite often, jumping to conclusions without any kind of proof. When the idea that the murder weapon, a unique switchblade knife, is not the only one of its kind, three expresses “[that] it’s not possible!” Juror eight, on the other hand, is a man who takes a much more patient approach to the task of dictating which path the defendant's life takes. The actions of juror three are antagonistic to juror eight as he tries people to take time and look at the evidence. During any discussion, juror number three sided with those who shared his opinion and was put off by anyone who sided with “this golden-voiced little preacher over here,” juror eight. His superior attitude was an influence on his ability to admit when the jury’s argument was weak. Even when a fellow juror had provided a reasonable doubt for evidence to implicate the young defendant, three was the last one to let the argument go. Ironically, the play ends with a 180 turn from where it began; with juror three
As time goes on he becomes more and more passionate and seems to be somehow personally involved with the case. At one point, he tells the other jurors about an argument between him and his son. Juror 3 and his son had an argument which made his son run away. When his son returned to apologize, Juror 3 hit him for leaving the first time thus leading him to run away once more. He has not seen his son in two years and this has left him somewhat bitter inside. His anger toward his supposed ungrateful son is projected toward the young man on trial. Juror 3 has no concern for the life of the defendant. He makes it clear that he would have been an executioner and would have pulled the switch on the boy himself. His personal troubles have imposed on his ability to come to a verdict.
The play, ‘Twelve Angry men’, written by Reginald Rose, explores the thrilling story of how twelve different orientated jurors express their perceptions towards a delinquent crime, allegedly committed by a black, sixteen-year-old. Throughout the duration of the play, we witness how the juror’s background ordeals and presumptuous assumptions influence the way they conceptualise the whole testimony itself.
Guilty or not guilty? This the key question during the murder trial of a young man accused of fatally stabbing his father. The play 12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, introduces to the audience twelve members of a jury made up of contrasting men from various backgrounds. One of the most critical elements of the play is how the personalities and experiences of these men influence their initial majority vote of guilty. Three of the most influential members include juror #3, juror #10, and juror #11. Their past experiences and personal bias determine their thoughts and opinions on the case. Therefore, how a person feels inside is reflected in his/her thoughts, opinions, and behavior.
Throughout the entire film race is one of the most prominent themes. The film shows that racism is not one sided as the characters themselves are Caucasian, black, Persian, Iranian, and Hispanic. The film shows that race assumptions not something that is just in existence, but rather society builds up these prejudices and ideas. This can be seen when the district attorney wanting to advance his political career think he can just honor a black man or woman. He suggests a firefighter who his secretary then informs him is actually Iraqi. He responds by saying, “Well he looks black.” Even before knowing someone’s true race and identity society can put up walls. The cops also pull over the couple because the one believes they are biracial and he believes that is wrong. In actuality both people are black one just happens to be of a lighter complexion. Race and racism the film shows limits one’s ability to experience new individuals and
Firstly, the movie showed physical violence against someone because of their race. This is portrayed when the combined teams arrived at Gettysburg College for camp. One black man puts a poster on his wall above his bed. Another white man says to take down the poster. When the black man refuses, tension rises, and a fight breaks out. If another white man had put a poster above their bed, there wouldn’t be a problem. When the black man did it, it was not accepted. Another time physical violence was displayed because of someone’s race was when a brick was thrown into Coach
The story opens with Grant recalling the trial and events leading up to it. Jefferson was on his way to a bar when he was offered a ride by two young black men. The trio went to hold up a liquor store to get drinks, but didn't have enough to pay. The two men demand to get drinks on credit and a shootout ensued, leaving Jefferson panicked in the aftermath. He grabs the money behind the counter, takes a drink and begins to run when two white men walk into the store. Of course, a young black man going to trial after the Civil War until the end of Jim Crow is bound to be unfairly and unjustly sentenced. Black men, even today are sometimes treated as guilty until proven otherwise. The prosecution spins the story, saying the three men went to the store with the intent to rob and murder Alcee Grope, the store owner. Jefferson was also accused of taking money and celebra...
The first social issue portrayed through the film is racial inequality. The audience witnesses the inequality in the film when justice is not properly served to the police officer who executed Oscar Grant. As shown through the film, the ind...
Mississippi serves as a catalyst for the realization of what it is truly like to be a Negro in 1959. Once in the state of Mississippi, Griffin witnesses extreme racial tension, that he does not fully expect. It is on the bus ride into Mississippi that Griffin first experiences true racial cruelty from a resident of Mississippi.
...von Martin. It's what provoked four white police officers to fire 41 bullets at Amado Diallo, another unarmed black man, in 1999”(Fruitvale Station). Oscar Cruz was racially profiled, shot and killed due to the color of his skin. This movie truly shows how racism is still real, even in modern day America. It also helps open the eyes of Americans to see for themselves, literally, the struggles African American males face in comparison to other races and ethnicities.
... believed in the innocence of the young man and convinced the others to view the evidence and examine the true events that occurred. He struggled with the other jurors because he became the deviant one in the group, not willing to follow along with the rest. His reasoning and his need to examine things prevailed because one by one, the jurors started to see his perspective and they voted not guilty. Some jurors were not convinced, no matter how much evidence was there, especially Juror #3. His issues with his son affected his decision-making but in the end, he only examined the evidence and concluded that the young man was not guilty.
The Trial is a parable written in third person (limited omniscient) depicting the trials of a man trying to establish his innocence for a crime he did not commit. The entire book revolves around one main character, Josef K., a young, ambitious, and well-reputed banker who is arrested without having committed a crime. The story begins with his arrest. He is outraged and defiant towards everything the officers and inspector tell him. For the next year, Josef K. does everything in his power to win the surreal case against him. The court is stolid and indifferent towards K.’s evidence, and his friends abandon him. The narrator captures K.’s crippling defiance against the unjustifiable and senseless battles waged against him by the court, the law, and the society. He is eventually conquered by his own self-doubt in trying to establish his innocence within the framework of a law that he admits to his captors that he does not know. The novel is less about the struggle between K. and his unjustified captors and more about the struggle between K. and himself. In the end, he surrenders the battle and is stabbed to death the night before his thirty-first birthday (Kafka 1...