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    luxurious after all. The members were working long days, patrolled by armed guards, and even monitored when making calls. The frightened relatives of members created the ‘Concerned Relatvies’ and contacted the US government for help in which Congressman Ryan agreed. It would wind up a fatal mission for him as Jim Jones was prepared to kill him and every one of his members. Tim Reiterman, a reporter on the scene, wrote that the activities Jones put on for them appeared phony and one woman stated that the

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    and actions of the Peoples temple, Jones began Scouting for a Safe haven outside of the U.S and Moved his Congregation to Guyana (Damsker 1). Then, in 1978, Congressman, Leo Ryan arrived at Jonestown to Investigate the state of the place (The Peoples Temple 3). Several members of the Cult began to ask to leave with Leo Ryan and when he finally began to leave he and 4 others were attacked and killed by Cult Loyalists (Layton 2). After this Jones organized one final Sermon and

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    complaints, Leo Ryan, a US Representative form San Mateo California went to Jonestown along with some members of NBC film crew. To Ryan, everything looked fine, until he was secretly informed that the people were held against their will. On November 18, 1978, Ryan announced he would take anyone who wished to leave back to the US. Ryan and the others boarded a truck, but Ryan was attacked by a member of the People’s Temple, because he stayed back to make sure everyone that wanted go left. Ryan was not hurt

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    Rhetorical Analysis: Jim Jones “Death Tape” One of the most significant artifacts from The Peoples Temple is known as the “Death Tape” because it is the last audio recording of Jim Jones, which was recovered after the mass suicide of he and his followers. That day Jim Jones effectively persuaded more than 900 of his followers to commit mass suicide by reestablishing his strong credibility, using persuasive tactics of love and fear, and by convincing them that suicide is the rational way and the

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    My sister Candice and I were sitting in silence as the plane started to take off. As they had announced before it was a full flight so Candice and I met a guy named Townsin and we talked the whole flight. He showed us some magic tricks and Candice tried to do one, but she failed to do so. When we landed in Omaha we said goodbye to our new friend and continued on our new adventures. We had to wait for our friend Savannah to come and pick us up at the airport and take us to the hotel where we were

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    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

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    The air, heavy with the morning fog, parts around the three figures like still water around a hull. Crunching rocks and barnacles under boots disrupt the thick silence of the morning, the sharp sound abrasive against the calm lapping of the waves. The woman crouches down pointing at limpet tucked into a crevice between two barnacle blanketed rocks, wet with morning dew but the children are already enraptured with a different creature. Peacefully undulating in a tide pool, the sea anemone’s bright

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    The covenant Elie and his father shared throughout this story was something special. Much like God and Abrahams covenant, Elie and his father vowed to keep each other safe even when that meant putting their lives on the line for each other. Elie did everything in his power to keep his father alive as long as he could. Some of the prisoners viewed all this ongoing struggle as a sort of a test. Many kept preaching that this was a test given by God that they had to go through in order to make it to

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    positioning themselves by New York and run missile drills. Ryan is then called by his boss to attend a briefing that deals with Red October. At this briefing, they discover that Ramius sent a letter to a high ranking Soviet official, who after reading the letter went to meet with the Soviet Premier and it was shortly after that meeting that the Soviet navy was deployed to find Red October and sink it. Everyone assumes that Ramius has turned rogue but Ryan who once did research on Ramius assumes that he might

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    The events that occurred on November 18, 1978 has rocked the psychological world on how Jim Jones was able to manage what is now known as the "Jonestown Suicides" or the "Jonestown Massacre". It all started from when Jim Jones created what was known as the Peoples Temple in the middle of Indianapolis in 1955 leading only just 20 followers at the time. After a year had past, the people’s temple started to make a name for itself by serving for the disadvantage and opening an orphanage. This started

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