M. Rose Baker

Blurred image of people falling- dissolve editing Mirrors fading to his face during internal dialect Lighting and close up of Oscar first eye stop on his face is in fact his eyes (way to soul) Internal dialect sets depressed mood (opposite of the book which starts with jokes or immature thoughts) 

This chapter goes right back to what we were mentioning in class about how the way he thinks and the way he no longer speaks is his coping mechanism since the death of his father as a result of the attack on 9/11. In chapter two you can sense the immense pain and sorrow that our narrator feels on a daily basis and how alone he feels. The one part of this chapter that resonated with me and seemed to express this depression the narrator feels was on page 17 where he says "....everything changed, the distance that wedged itself between me and my happiness wasn't the world, it wasn't the bombs and burning buildings, it was me, my thinking, the cancer of never letting go..." He is so caught up in the tragic death of his father that he has become silent, not speaking and communicating through pen and paper. This is not a rare coping mechanism at all, most of the time after the traumatic loss, people stop communicating using words, they just stop entirely. He mentions how be...

Montana Baker   Professor Devine   ENG195A   Each of the jurors i n  Twelve Angry Men have a different personality that goes along with what they do for a living. This plays a major role in the decision they come to when it comes to reaching a verdict on the young man who is accused of murder. Between all twelve of the jurors there is a wide variety when it comes to social status and class.  The  importance of both the time period and characterization  intertwin , which was done on purpose by Rose to make the play that much more intriguing for the audience.   Juror Four is identified by his wealth and  his intelligence, both going back to his job as a stockbroker.   He is portrayed as logical  planning at the beginning of Act Two to persuade  the verdict "just by logic" ( Rose 35). His  insensitive  behavior   throughout  most of the play  also shows how little   he is  affec...

Jesus states he will be crucified and will die because of someone at the table betraying him in this scene. The painting characterizes people by hand gestures that the characters are using. A lot is expressed in the painting by the characters and the characters themselves are defined by the gestures. Thomas is the man holding up his finger towards the sky which expresses his doubt and he is not the one who betrays Jesus. Judas's hand is parallel to Jesus's as well as on a bag of silver, showing the greed. His right hand has also split the salt on the table. Peter is conflicted and the protector of Jesus, he has a knife in one hand and appears to be leaning both towards and away from him. Simon is the man who is questioning the whole situation, he has his hands in a questionable stance. James is shocked by the whole situation and is moving his hands/body backwards. John is to the direct left and he has his hands in a position that one associates with prayer. Each o...

The fourth juror is a stockbroker, which makes the others think he is intelligent and in fact a reliable person to listen to when it comes to deciding on a verdict. He seems to be considering the response logically and seems to be pretty sure that this boy convicted is the murder, until the tenth juror trashes the most solid piece of evidence, the woman who supposedly saw the crime happen but did not have her glasses on, making it unrealistic evidence that should not have held up in court. Upon hearing this information, the fourth juror is quick to change his verdict to not guilty, since he is, in fact, one of the most reasonable jurors. He appears to be the one who keeps the others from going off of topic and keeps relating everything back to the factual information they were given during the trial. Juror six is someone who does not appear to be a dynamic character, however he is another character who also changes his vote towards the end of Twelve Angry Men. He makes his livin...

Juror eight spends a majority of the play defending the child prosecuted. This could be because he understands the life that this boy has endured since it was pretty crappy and he expresses his understanding so much that perhaps his life as child was not ideal either. It's as if he feels guilty for the boy's awful hand he was dealt because he says that "we owe him a few words". It could be read as guilt or even connection. Juror eight even goes as far as questioning the defense attorney and how little he did to defend the boy convicted. He pays attention to all of the details and the evidence very closely, just like an architect would do when constructing a building.    He goes into detail about how the neighbor supposedly heard the murder say he was going to kill the victim was odd and did not really seem very likely. Details are important to this man because it is in his job description to be aware.