An overall recap of 12 Angry Men is a murder trial in 1957. There was twelve members that were selected into the jury, for this trial. The individual on trial was a hispanic inner city teen, who was accused for stabbing his father to death. If the teen was to be found guilty, it would be delivered quickly and sentence him to the death penalty. The teen claimed that a knife he once had lost, was later found at the scene of the crime. Many of the witnesses saw and heard things that were strange. One witness heard screaming from a male voice. A women saw the physical killing but it was later determined that the women didn’t have her glasses on at the time and she needs them in order to see. The film begins to get interesting when only Eleven of the the twelve jurors vote guilty. This meant that one of the jurors said the teen was not guilty, this was Mr. Davis. This gave Mr. Davis the time to convince the jurors that if they say the teen is “not guilty” it could be better outcome for the teen. In Mr.Davis’s head, he knew that the situation didn’t seem correct. Some of the members started to believe that Mr. Davis was right and that the teen was not guilty. In the hot room you begin to see the jurors true personalities. Each one of them had different preconceptions of how they seen people and their backgrounds. The majority of the jurors were more self concerned rather than understanding the implications of a guilty verdict. One member made a statement that he would kill the teen just because he was hispanic. They later had a discussion of how the father was stabbed to death.The father was a tall man and taller than his son, but the police report said it was a downward stabbing. Someone who is shorter and trying to stab someone taller, in a downward motion didn’t fit this scenario. As the men try to come to a unanimous decision after being stuck in a room together for six days, the defendant was found “not guilty”. After watching this film it shows you how unfair the justice system can be at times. Mr.Davis stood up for what he thought was the right decision and didn’t listen to the prejudice thoughts about the hispanic individual. In Mr.Davis eyes he was pleased to see the right outcome and justice for the teen.

This semester was definitely a struggle for all of us. We had to adapt to being fully online for most of our classes and not being in person learning. It was difficult at times not having that close connection with some of our professors because we were on zoom. I have never had to do blogs for classes and I loved them, doing these blogs got me enabled me to step out of my comfort zone. It often times gave me joy to be able to post good hard work on wordpress and have everyone see it and comment there opinions. Being able to do blogs and relate them to the topic and movie of the week gave you a better sense of the course and was easier to understand each topic. In my opinion being in person and seeing your classmates and being able to elaborate more on each class together was something I miss. If gave you the opportunity to meet new people in your classes and build new friendships. We talked alot about social media and how it affects and if I didn’t ever take this class I would have not realized how much social media affects us in positive and negative ways. After being home for a few days and discussing my classes with my family, I wish there was communication and social media classes in high school because it gives students more opportunity to see what classes interest them to take in college. Even with having a learning disability this class gave me a chance to express my thoughts more to my classmates and professor. I have sincerely enjoyed my time in this class and have learned a lot. This was my first class for starting my major in communications and I can’t wait to continue this journey with the major I have selected.