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Juror 3

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Juror #3 plays the role of an antagonist in the story “Twelve Angry Men” and does quite a good job doing so. The reason why I think he plays a good antagonist is because he creates conflict among the jurors, resulting in personal insults and bringing an unrelated past situation as a strong point in his argument. My first example of Juror #3 personally attacking people, on page 33, is by calling the men who believe the kid is not guilty as crazy and that they should not let a boy who grew up in a slum get away with murder. Despite the possibility that the boy may be not guilty if looked at from a different perspective, “You're crazy! Why would he lie? What's he got to gain?” The second instance is on page 40 juror #3 says once again that “you're

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