Unfortunately, it is no secret that,still to this day, stereotyping takes great part of our daily lives and indecision making. Twelve Angry Men is a play written in 1954 by Reginald Rosethat covers the theme of prejudice and the use of stereotyping and subjectivityin society and, specially, in the legal system.In Twelve Angry Men, stereotypes prompt aone-sided method for deciphering the proof. It is quite noticeable that many ofthe jurors were generalizing about kids who belonged to minorities. This ideais shown early on when Juror 3 states “That man’s a dangerous killer. You couldsee it.” when the juror is judging by how a person looks and how he personallyfeels about him. Not exclusively did these generalizations impact the membersof the jury’s propensity to make inward attributions for the kid’s conduct,however these generalizations likewise prompted biased interpretations of the evidence.

Even though the jurymen’s change through the story is distinctive for each ofthem, the more they were blinded by individual experience and driven by biasesand projections, the more this change is intertwined with torment and anguish. (Torre,2014) It is shown, as well, when another juror expresses his frustration as afather when he projects his discomfort in his experience as a father onto thedefendant stating how it feels when you do everything for your kids and theyrepay you in such way. (Torre, 2014) When you use your own subjective approachto others, you are making value judgements based off your own feelings aboutthat person and this creates preconceived stereotypes. Stereotyping can makepeople treat others in a particular way based on assumptions about that person.Twelve Angry Men paints a picture of a littlepart of American culture in the mid-1950s.

Around the world, economies hadrecuperated from the Great Depression of the late 1930s and America had risen triumphantlyand solid from World War II. The difficulties confronting American culture werenever again to do with essential survival, yet about arranging America’s placein a worldwide political condition. America was occupied with a progressingstruggle with the Soviet Union which proceeded for a long time.

This was abattle for political and financial strength between two effective countries, also,was not generally military, but rather regularly social, political andfinancial. In the meantime, the country was going into an interior battle, theCivil Rights Movement, which was worried about ending racial discrimination andencouraging freedom, equality and respect. Realism was the current American styleduring this period of time which attempted to capture and represent life in theform of art and this film accurately depicted everyday situations of the time.Reginald Rose uses Twelve Angry Men to sendthe message that notwithstanding America’s inclining toward consumerism andCommunist distrustfulness, society will eventually deliver reasonableness andvalue.