the character we'll refer to as the "angry man" is a very different kind of leader. He is sure that the defendant is guilty, and won't rest until he has sent him to the chair. At times it seems he has a personal vendetta against the boy. An autocratic leader, he is inconsiderate and loud, having frequent fits of rage. Although he is leading the majority in the beginning, as deliberations continue he becomes increasingly belligerent and loses his effectiveness.
             Ernest Bormann (1990) developed a theory of leader emergence where a small, zero-history group selects a leader by a process of elimination. Potential leaders are ruled out one after the other until a single person remains. As Bormann predicts, the quiet members are the first ones eliminated in "Twelve Angry Men". With his lack of participation in the discussion, the jury foreman is among those ruled out for this reason. The most talkative group members (Henry Fonda's character, the baseball fan, the angry man, and the man with a cold) are still potential leaders. The baseball fan does not emerge as a leader, though, because he has more of a commitment to his ball game than he does to his opinion of the case. The man with the cold has an awful lot to say but his opinions are too extreme for the group to go along with. The angry man, having been the most outspoken for the guilty vote, also loses his followers and finds himself alone. This is due to his hostile behavior and his complete inability to see beyond his personal crusade. Alternatively, Henry Fonda's character is able to persuade everyone because of his excellent communication skills and commitment to the task at hand.
             Many informal roles also emerged throughout the movie. For instance, the baseball fan can be easily identified as the clown. He is seen making jokes, whistling, using sarcasm, and even throwing paper balls at the fan. Other disruptive and self-c...