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    Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre November 18, 1978, altered America, but the process leading up to that day began much earlier by a mind only described as perverse. The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, Peoples Temple as it is commonly referred, led by James Warren Jones blazed its own way into the history books with what is still one of the most disastrous endings of a movement. Jim Jones is known for founding the most infamous cult in American history; his reputation revolves around

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    Benedict Cumberbatch Essay

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    filmography contains dozens of curious characters. However, genius and baddies are the most successful stage types of Benedict. Benedict Cumberbatch – the Family and Childhood Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch came to life on 19 July 1976. It happened in the capital of United Kingdom, London. His parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, were famous TV actors. No surprise, the boy went for the acting since the childhood. Newborn Benedict Cumberbatch on his parents’ hands By the way, Benedict

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    On the night of May 23rd, 2015, a 15-year-old boy walked home from a party. He was so intoxicated, that he didn’t know where he was going. The boy wandered onto Outer Ring Road and he fell into a pothole. The pothole was so deep, that the 15-year-old ended up in China. On May 28th, the boy returned home. During his few days in China, the 15-year-old boy learned to speak Google Translated Chinese. “我討厭這些坑洼” he said. Translation: I hate these potholes. On June 23rd, 2015, another man fell down a pothole

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    The Freedom Writers 1.11 In the Film Freedom Writers,the "diary scene", the scene is about the students writing about their lives during their childhood and now, this is an important part of the movie because it is used to show the story of the students to the audience and how their lives are in the present, shortly after the LA Riots, the scene uses a range of techniques such as the sound, editing, the colour/lighting and the cinematography to give the scene more emphasis. The Directors use of

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    have somebody basically crap on that for the sake of whatever his motivations were, I felt was a total betrayal” (Massey). According to Dan, the nation’s response was similar. “Shock, anger, a lot of fear. Confusion, because we didn’t understand why Timothy McVeigh would do such a thing.” This was the largest domestic terrorist attack in all of history, and remains as such to this day, but time didn’t stop. “It was serious, and yes a lot of people died; it was a very terrible tragedy. However, it was

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    political system where no American will feel excluded or voiceless. This would lead to an American foreign policy that does not interfere in the affairs of other nations. This policy would help fight against terrorist like Terry Nichols, Timothy McVeigh, and the others who may have contributed to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Nichols was found guilty for his part in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma on April 19, 1995. On this day 168 people

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    The Grizzly Man movie is about Timothy Treadwell a tanned, good-looking man in his forties, someone who could charm his way through anyone and he did do that with bears for 13 years. Treadwell spent thirteen summers at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Reserves. On the last two years Treadwell’s girlfriend Amie. on their thirteenth year, they were supposed to go back home to California but things went wrong at the airport that frustrated Timothy. They went back to Alaska’s Katmai National Park where

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    Beryl Evan’s who lived on the top floor with husband Timothy. Beryl had fallen pregnant with their second child and they couldn’t support it financially. Abortion was really expensive and they didn’t have the money to do it. Christie said he can do it cheaper and Beryl accepted it. He showed her medical books

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    After World War II ended, the age of baby-booming and urban sprawling began. During this time, many American soldiers came home from the war; married, and had five or six children. This created the largest generation ever. Could this new generation change the social world of America? In 1964, most of the baby-boomer's children were in their late teens. This was the beginning of a major social change in the United States. With the birth of rock-n-roll not far in the past, and a growing liberalism

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    intense. The most intense image in my mind is the picture of a deformed child who has experienced the wrath of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols after bombing the federal government building in Oklahoma City. It can be concluded that Timothy and Terry did not have the intention of hurting children; rather they were after the federal government. This is the problem in our society; Timothy and Terry were willing to sacrifice the souls of young children for their own cause, portraying a lot about their

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