Jonestown Massacre Essay

909 Found dead in Jonestown,Guyana South America from Kool aid flavored cyanide, screams headline news November, 18 1979.What seems to be a peaceful New religion movement started in California for People in search for Hope and relief in Desperate Times from the Social inequalities, Unjust Killing, poverty ,and despair during the late seventies to early eighties.In the beginning people promise utopia “a perfect society” tens to hundreds of single mothers ,blacks, homosexuals and families all alike

physical abuse in Jonestown had been reported to the US government. After hearing this news Congressman Leo Ryan was flown into Guyana on November 14th with 31 others including news reporters, photographers and worried relatives of The People’s Temple members. Entry into Jonestown was denied for three days before the group was welcomed into the town with dinner and entertainment for the night on November 17th 1978. Throughout the night members of the group were handed notes from Jonestown citizens asking

who feared them, and they both made the ultimate sacrifice. Somewhere along the lines something happened, a fork in the road that changed the results. Because if history had repeated itself, Jones too would be idolized and hailed as the savior of Jonestown. But instead history played out in a different way, while Jesus will be remembered for healing the sick and blessing the poor, Jim Jones will only be remembered for handing cups of cyanide-laced punch to his

explained from a sociological perspective. By looking at how the group dynamics played into the outcome one gets a better idea of the whys? of the massacre. The sociological explanation is but one way to explain this horrific event. It is , however, the only one explored in this essay for reasons of concision. At one level, the deaths at Jonestown can be viewed as the product of obedience, of people complying with the orders of a leader and reacting to the threat of force. In the Peoples Temple

1. Compare and contrast normative and informational social influence. Informational Influence and Normative Influence are both categorized under conformity in sociology. Informational is basically when we conform to others behavior because we believe it provides information about reality. It is often when we care about getting the right answer and trying to be rational. It also deals with the "Maybe they know something I don't know" phenomenon. An example, could be choosing to eat at a busier restaurant

The way that Odell Rhodes breaks down what he actually thought about Jim Jones after the massacre in his hotel room in Curacao. His evaluation of Jim Jones is interesting due to the fact that he had all these reasons to not follow him but since no one else said anything, Odell wasn't able to stand up for what he believed in much like many of the other survivors. The group mindset had worn off and Odell started to list all of the things he was against that Jim Jones did, such as Denigrated sex, but

New Religious Movements and the Biased Media What happened in Jonestown? How could “sensible people” follow the “rantings of a crazed lunatic?” The questions and the simplified answers that are provided by the media coverage of Jonestown and Heaven’s Gate perhaps contributed to their downfall. The feeling of public persecution is a central theme of many new religious movements, and the negative publicity of suicide cults only fuels the fear of other like-minded religious groups. The misleading

Radical religious groups, more specifically cults, have been terrorizing societies across the globe for many centuries with many more to go. Why do these groups feel the need to despise those who differ from their beliefs both intellectually and physically? Is it because they view the various texts of their religions to be comprehended 100% literally? Or is it just that these radicalists use their religions as an excuse for their prohibited behaviors? Either way these doings are becoming more

A Day to Remember It seems as if the united states are always fighting a battle whether it is overseas or within its own borders. The citizens were not ready for what the 1970’s was going to bring, socially, economically, and religiously. Jim Jones was going to bring peace and relief to these people in the most tragic way possible. With brain washing, manipulation, and isolation Jones convinced hundreds of people to commit suicide. The Peoples’ Temple religious movement was one of the many going

Kent State Massacre Research Paper XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX University 04.12.15 On May 4, 1970, Kent State Massacre occurred at the Kent State University in Ohio. Four Kent University students were shot dead, and nine other students were injured during the massacre by Ohio National Guardsmen (Cano, 2010). The massacre was the result of protest going on in the campus premises by the students who showed dissatisfaction about the then President’s decision of attacking Cambodia during the Vietnam War