Who is he ?

1. Name: Davis Job: An Architect Characteristic: A quiet, thoughtful, reasonable and gentle man. A man who is willing to seek all sides of questions due to the facts. Age : Mid 40’s Who is he ? Opinions: He’s not 100% sure that the defendant is innocent BUT there is some reasonable doubt which stopping him from voting guilty Juror Number : Juror 8

2. Analysis • Impact on plot – To start with all the events in the book with motivations, to keep a strength to stand in opposition to the majority. • The struggle to all of Juror’s opinions • To convince one’s mind is not that easy, furthermore, he can’t really prove his points if there is no one who’s on his side. Therefore, another vote is called, and juror 9 is stood out, why? Not because he is convinced by the juror 8 that the boy is innocent, but a man’s life is worth of some discussions. • The contribution to the case • No matter how long it takes, the man would spend hours to speak up all of the unexplainable evidences. He is passionate and rational of all the facts that he’s giving out, e.g.: the scream, the man’s realisation, the woman’s eyesight.

3. What does he think of the case at the start? • “ I don’t know” ( page 7) - he does not say that the boy is innocent but he still does not think that the boy is guilty of murdering his father • “ it’s not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first” – As a juror’s responsibility, they have to be careful of the verdict that they are giving out, to consider of all the evidences built up. • When does he contribute most to the discussion? • “ he had to get up out of bed, walk twelve feet, open the bedroom door …. Do you think he could have done it?”( page 34) – this is the vertex of the case.

4. Key Quotes • Initially, Juror 8 appears to be the only one who truly appreciates the gravity of the situation. He knows that “ a boy may die” ( Page 18), and he recognises that “ this isn’t a game” ( page 25). • “I’m not trying to change your mind” (page 7) His focus is attempting to all the jurors that if they took the oath in the courtroom then they should consider it carefully. • “we’re talking about someone’s life here, I mean, we can’t decide in 5 minutes, suppose we’re wrong” (page 7), “ people make mistakes, could they be wrong”( page 14) – he’s being rational of an acknowledgement of one of the potential flaws in the jury system • “ I keep putting myself in the boy’s place” ( page 14) – extremely sympathy and understandable • “ well, it could mean a lot of things, it could mean he didn’t want the case… no money, no glory, not even much chance of winning” (page 29) – He seeks all the sides of the facts, of what others think • “ you want to see this boy die because you personally want it, not because of the facts” ( page 37) – juror 8 is revealing the 3rd juror’s thirst for retribution • “it’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this…” ( page 53) -

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