The Twelve 1957

July
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Dear Mr Smith, My fellow friends who How do I make

I have recently will be helping me them realize that
found myself in a make this choice are this decision could
tricky predicament and clouded by their own ruin an innocent
I am in dire need of experiences and biases man's life all
your wisdom. A great they seem to be because of where he
responsibility has oblivious to. How can was raised? I thank
fallen on my shoulders I, in a gentle manner, you for your help Mr
make them realize that
along with a few other Smith and I await
because of their
men and now the fate your response
prejudiced opinions,
of a young man's they are not thinking eagerly,
future is ours to rationally and are From: An
decide. We are finding making rash and anonymous person
it hard to come to an irresponsible
unanimous decision. decisions? (Zoé)

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 News from
Mr. Smith
Make them
Hello Mister or spend time to talk taking
Misses, to them and get to responsibilities, or
know these people, trying to buy tickets
I am glad you be friends and give that are
have brought this up, gifts to each other. unfortunately all
to answer your very sold out. You could
interesting question. Now, let’s say also make them attend
To convince/change you’re dealing with a very boring and
someone's mind there a baseball fanatic. annoying ball game.
are simple and You could try to
difficult ways, some make them miss a Sincerely,
are of course more game by doing work.
effective than Mr.Smith
others.
(Lucas)
This can also
work with people that
have certain
prejudice or bias
towards something or
someone.
If a person has a
prejudice and does
not realize, I wonder
why you ask this,
anyways, you could
quite easily make
them meet kind and
sweet souls that come
from slums, are
colored or are
refugees.

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 Diary entry from Juror
10: The city felt
like a totally new
Dear diary, place to me, with At the end,
I read this huge skyscrapers he threw the ball
newspaper article earlier and tons of in my direction
today talking about the crosswalks. It also and I caught it!
children who lived in the felt much more safe It was the best
slum who were causing day of my life!
and secure, far
mischief and damage to A week
from the rotten and
the houses in the richer went by, and
neighborhood, and were misbehaving
children who lived another game was
robbing the stores and coming up, but I
banks with guns and in the slums.
received a letter
taking at the store the day before the
owner's money. So that’s the
story of how I game saying that I
decided to hate the was called for
A few years after
one of the worst killings people who lived in jury duty. I was
I have ever experienced the slums of New devastated! I
with my own eyes, I York. decided to take my
decided to move out of revenge on the boy
the slums and into the (Etienne) and vote guilty at
city. every verdict.

I wanted to
Diary entry from make him suffer
Juror 7: and put him in
Dear diary, jail.
on June 1st 1957,
I went to a After a lot
baseball game in of arguments,
Manhattan to Juror 8 convinced
watch the Yankees me that the boy
play against shouldn’t have
Cleavesland. Of done it, because
course, I was on there wasn’t
the Yankees side enough evidence
and I was sure and that he was
that they would just a kid. I
win. When the voted not guilty
game started, and as soon as I
Philipp Blumm, my was out of this
favorite player, trial, I bought a
was the fastest ticket for the
in the game, so next upcoming
they immediately baseball game.
won=the game.
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 Diary entry Juror 3
Yesterday will
remain engraved in my
mind well after I die.
My son beat me. ME! His
own father who ripped
his heart out to raise
him! I should have left
him there when he was
getting beaten up by
some people. I should
have never taught him
to defend himself. He
was nine back then,
could have squished him
easily, but now he’s 16
and big.
He yelled at me
saying that he was old
enough to make his own
decisions and that I
shouldn’t always tell
him what to do. I
yelled back at him
saying “If you are so,
as you would say, and whacked him Boys or, as they
independent, what the hard. I don’t regret like to call
hell are you doin’ in it, he deserved it. themselves, young men
my house?!” It felt good to these days are hostile
have some authority. and angry. You can’t do
Slapping was one thing a d**n thing with them.
I didn’t expect him to Anyways, back to
do but he did it, the fight. When my son
straight in my face. realized what he had
The impact was so just done, he first
brutal I fell to the looked frightened,
floor. thinking that I might
The worst part punch him, but soon
was that his friend realized that he was
supported him! They’re stronger and bigger
all like that now. They than me. His face
have no respect for became confident as he
their fathers. When I turned around and
was his age I called my walked through the door
father “Sir”. That’s without looking back. I
right “Sir”! They don’t lay there staring in
care about anything bewilderment.
except themselves.
They don’t After that, he
realize how much we do never came back…
for them. They take
everything for granted. (Constance)
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