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    Lastly, in the incident with Jonestown, showed the most extreme case of conformity and obedience. Jim Jones was a pastor at Peoples Temple, he was the leader of an interracial church. For its time, Jim Jones was pushing past race and ethnicity and introducing a new church that welcomed all people. Jones was the type of man that made people feel comfortable and at home; maybe that is why so many people followed him when he moved his temple across the county and then to Guyana. I think what made people

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    Jim Jones Research Paper

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    On November 14, 1978 Ryan and a delegation of eighteen people traveled to Jonestown. While inside, 15 members of the Temple asked Ryan to help them defect the camp. Jones granted the release of these 15 members and on November 18th Ryan’s delegation, including the defectors, left Jonestown. Because group leaving Jonestown grew

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    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones is a docu-drama that outlines the life of Jim Jones, and how his work ended in a mass murder-suicide at Jonestown, Guyana on November of 1978. The events that inspired the film has raised issues regarding the formation of cults, free will, and leaders’ rise of power. Jim Jones was always obsessed with religion when he was young. For instance, he led a mock mass session where he stood in front of 4 or so dogs and gave “orders” to them. Mixed in with that was

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    Jonestown Massacre Everyone has heard the saying, “Drinking the Kool-Aid.” Its simple meaning is to blindly accept something, without any questioning (“Definition Of Drinking The Kool-Aid”). This saying comes from the world famous, Jonestown Massacre (“Definition Of Drinking The Kool-Aid”). The Jonestown Massacre resulted in 909 people dead, from cyanide poisoning ("The Jonestown Massacre”). Jim Jones, leader of the religious cult The People’s Temple, convinced his followers to participate in “revolutionary

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    Some personal skills I have and use in everyday life and work is that I can multitask, I’m dependable, hardworking, productive, resourceful, and able to adapt easily to different environments. I have always had a, “get things done as quickly and accurately as possible”, type of personality. Some of my interests are learning new things, creating things- like crafts, repurposing, painting, etc., and being outside. I like to figure things out and solve problems. My weaknesses are that I am impatient

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    When tragedy struck the nation on September 11th, the minor problem of airport security breeches suddenly became one of the biggest concerns facing our nation. Ever since the late 1980s there had been many promises and plans to shape up airport security, but according to experts there has been little, if any, real improvement in public safety since that time (Morris 28). Its obvious to assume that because of the lack of improvement, great tragedy struck our nation on September 11th. Since September

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    Essay Jonestown

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    Cults have existed throughout history since the beginning of time. A cult is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a “system of religious worship with a devoted attachment to a person, principle, etc.” Over the past thirty years numerous religious cults have caused “ tens of thousands to abandon their families, friends, education’s, and careers to follow the teaching of a leader they will never meet”(Beck 78). Opinions vary as to why people are drawn to cults. “Martin Marty, professor of religious

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    love. Complex love includes the drama, and difficulties of a relationship, while still being closely connected to the romantic parts of a relationship. This is prevalent in The Notebook. Allie and Noah, played by well-known actors Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, were two people from different social classes. Allie was from a wealthy, privileged upper-class family while Noah was making around 40 cents an hour at a lumber yard job. While love is not confined to the amount of money that each person has

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    WWII Veteran Research Paper

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    The veteran I selected to research for this paper is Carl D. Beck. He was born in Avondale, Missouri on November 21, 1925. Mr. Beck served in the US army during WWII and the Korean war, with the 501st parachute infantry regiment. It is unclear what his rank was at the time of his service, but by the end of his military career, Mr. Beck’s rank was master Sergeant. Prior to enlisting in the army, Mr. Beck worked with his father in a factory, and also raised chickens and hogs on a farm. Beck joined

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    On November 18, 1978, followers of Jim Jones shot and killed United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others traveling with him on a fact finding trip to Guyana. Ryan was there to investigate complaints about the community called "Jonestown," which was largely inhabited by his former California constituents. After murdering a United States congressman Jones knew the end of his rule was near. He ordered his entire following, some 914 people, to commit what he called "revolutionary suicide

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