The book says that when conformity is “established, prejudice is maintained largely by inertia. If a prejudice is socially accepted, many people follow the path of least restriction and conform to fashion. They will act not so much out of hatred as out of a need to be loved and accepted. » It was with this statement that 11 members of the jury found him guilty. Even jury member number 9, the oldest, who defended the offender by saying that only an ignorant man would believe that. However, later in the film there is a scene that shows a great example of conformity. When jury number 7 said I'm going to tell you something, I'm already a little fed up with it all. We're not going anywhere fast, let's break everything up and go home, I'm changing my vote to not