The mass suicide‚ that took place under the authority of Reverend Jim Jones can be explained from a sociological point of view. By analyzing at how the groups dynamic played an important role on this outcome we get a better idea of the massacre. The sociological approach is one way to explain this horrible event. Jim Jones could be described as charismatic‚ he had the charisma to make people believe he was leading them the right way and developed a sense of trustworthiness. He was abusive‚ authoritarian
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The founder of the People’s Temple‚ Jim Jones‚ was born in 1931 in Crete‚ Indiana. He began to be interested in religion since childhood‚ being a teenager‚ preached in the streets. At the age of 24‚ he founded the religious group "Disciples of Christ”‚ which in a year was renamed "People’s Temple"
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meant to be‚ following your instincts by just trusting and shadowing your leader. Nobody really recollects his name‚ he was the whole leader of the operation. Jim Jones‚ average person‚ almost a God to some‚ a father and a leader‚ created a safe haven for his cult‚ but an abhorrent abomination perceived by the world. So‚ who is Jim Jones and how has he changed the world
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Jim Jones was a founder who founded The People’s Temple. The People’s Temple is best known for the November 18‚ 1978 death of over 900 Temple members in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ along with nine others at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown. Jim Jones was born in a rural community in Indiana close to the border of Ohio. His parents were James Thurman Jones who was a World War I veteran and Lynetta Putnam. In 1934‚ during the Great Depression Jones’ parents‚ due to economic struggle‚ were forced to move
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* Jim Jones and the People Temple * When you think of Jim Jones and the People Temple the first thing that comes to mind is a mass suicide‚ not only involving one specific sex or race‚ but involving men‚ women‚ and children of all races. However‚ do we ever take the time to sit down and look into what Jim Jones and the People Temple actually stood for? There must be a reason behind all the things that were done. Behind the reason Pastor Jim Jones preached what he did and had such a major impact
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THE PRIDE OF BRIDGET JONES Will it be cigarettes? None! Alcohol units: Zero! Weight: Off the scales! It’s the beginning of the New Year for Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger)‚ who works at a London publishing house as a marketing assistant. Bridget is determined to improve her life by losing weight‚ cutting down on cigarettes and alcohol and finding Mr Right. Bridget has two main determinations: to create the right image for herself‚ and to find a liable man who will be truly committed to her‚
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took in Brutus Jones when the latter landed on the island‚ hiring him despite his gaol record‚ or perhaps because of it since Jones accuses Smithers of having once been in prison‚ an accusation he vehemently denies. Basically he is an expository device in the play‚ serving to introduce information and at the end delivers the epitaph on Jones‚ for whom he has some curious respect. Smithers sees Jones as a more advanced person than the natives of the island‚ represented by Lem. JONES‚ Brutus. He is
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Tony Ribeiro 1/25/12 Eng. 102 Analysis of Gender roles in Bridget Jones Diary In the novel Bridget Jones Diary‚ author Helen Fielding portrays men and women as superficial observers who act on their superficial judgment and are mentally affected by this. There are many different social messages being conveyed but they all seem to be of some superficial nature. They mostly express a man or a woman’s sexual lust or interest to some extent‚ and are shown as superficial. One of the gestures
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better tomorrow!). These are the inner thoughts of some women on a daily basis and in Bridget Jones ’s Diary; Helen Fielding makes single women feel like they are not alone. Through incidents of self doubt‚ heartache‚ and the anxiety of being single forever‚ Fielding allows readers who have faced or are facing the same situations to take a break‚ sit back and have a laugh at Bridget ’s expense. Bridget Jones ’s Diary is a story about the life of a girl determined to have it all. Bridget is the thirty-something
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