The Revolutionary War was the most dramatic occurrence in America 's long, tragic, and amazing history. After all, it was the technical beginning of the country we live in today. When starting out, America had virtually no navy. This changed because of John Paul Jones. Jones was the revolutionary war 's first naval commander, and is known as the "Father of the American Navy." Though he started out as not a very rich man, Jones became a naval commander for both America and Russia. He was very charming, but he had a horrible temper that tended to get him in trouble. At one point he was in such deep of trouble that he was charged for murder, but then acquitted soon after. This is just one of the murders Jones was [allegedly, for the previous one, on account of his acquittal] involved in. The second murder he committed happened on the ship Betsy in the West Indies, where he killed the ringleader of a mutiny with his sword in a dispute over wages. He was forced to flee to Virginia, where he changed his name first to John Jones, then to John Paul Jones. Though he seems like a horrible mass murderer, he really wasn 't. He had his good points in history. For example, he "started" the American navy and he performed a hit and run raid on Whitehaven.…
The story of the massacre was told by survivors and relatives who happened to survive and know Jim Jones. According to Jim’s childhood friends, Jim was a weird kid, he was obsessed with religion and death, and he used to conduct funerals of small animals that have died. One of his friends saw him killing a cat with a knife then having a funeral which was very weird. Jim’s father didn’t work or have a job and was a drunk. His mother had to work in order to support the family.…
From chapters 14 to 16, Jim’s most notable qualities such as his gullibility as well as his loyalty to Huck come to light. The effects of his enslavement and his lack of a formal education also become evident, as most of his thoughts and actions from these chapters stem from a sort of innate practicality in thinking that Huck seems to lack. For example, in chapter 14, when the two are talking about how King Solomon threatened to cut a baby in half, Jim thinks that the king really is not so wise, saying, “En what use is half a chile?” (88). Jim, not hearing the whole story about why the King was actually wise, views the Solomon’s threats as just plain useless, and not beneficial to anybody. This practicality, although it sometimes makes Jim…
and prospered as a businessman. When he closed out his business in late1859 war was…
Few of us ever consider what the early years of our public leaders may have been like. For example, what lessons did Dr. King's father drive home during King's childhood, or what was Jesse Jackson's socio-economic status as a child. It is my belief that Gaines' "The Sky is Gray" depicts the possible roots of a public leader, in the way the nature of the young narrator James is portrayed it illuminates the character traits in civil leader. This theory is supported by three specific events during the story. The first strong character trait James possesses is that he begins to develop a sturdy sense of the world around him at a very young age. This is important in civil leadership because a great leader such as Dr. King understands, to a high…
In 1951, Jones moved to Indianapolis and went to Butler University where he received his degree in secondary education. Jim Jones became a member of the Communist Party USA in 1951 where he began attending meetings and rallies in Indianapolis. Jones then got flustered with harassment received particularly regarding meetings between him and his mother with a guy named Paul Robeson during the McCarthy hearings. Jones got surprised when a Methodist superintendent helped him to start in the church even though he knew that Jones was a communist, especially when he didn’t meet him through the American Communist Party. In 1952, Jones became a student pastor at the Sommerset Southside Methodist Church, but left because the pastors didn’t like that he integrated the African Americans into his congregation. Around that same time he witnessed a faith-healing service at the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He learned that it attracted people and their money and he concluded that with that financial help from such healings he could reach his social goals. Jones then started his own church called the Peoples Temple Christian Church Full…
John Paul Jones lived a very heroic life. He saved many people, all in one night. Jones changed history. He changed history because he stole the advantage that the British had on America. Without Jones’ actions, the U.S. might not have won the war, and the people on his ship would have died overnight.…
The people who wanted religion, Jim Jones used to fool them into thinking that he was the only one who can give them that, if they wanted a father figure, he’d be that. If they wanted socialism, he would give them that or make it seem to them that he can. The basic technique here being finding the…
In life the trait I usually associate with is intelligence in a lot of situations; for example when i was playing football during gym i made a strategic plan that got my team through the whole game. In that moment i showed tremendous intelligent strength. Two characters Uncle Basil from “You can't take it with you” and Janie from the book Wake they are both very intelligent because they are good thinkers and are good at coming up with plans. First of the characters is Uncle basil by making people question his intelligence because he is secretly smart. “Uncle Basil lives in a house very small for his money questioned his family” (Wuorio 1).…
Kool-Aid, a fruity flavored and delicious beverage. What about if it was offered to you? Would you accept it ? Drink that mouthwatering and juicy poison, how about now? But wait, it’s already warming your senses, passing through your throat, infecting you, killing you off slowly but surely. Knees weak, collapsing on the cold and dusty ground of your death bed. It was always 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…
In times of the Revolutionary War, the delegates of the Continental Congress were trying to find ways to make their army more powerful. When John Paul Jones arrived, he helped to make and introduce the idea of a navy, which obviously was something that the delegates questioned and were not sure about. Jones was a Scottish sailor and an officer of the historical and well-known Continental Congress and a person that when first came to the United States lived and resided in the state of Virginia (Naval History and Heritage Command.) He was an inspiring eighteenth century sailor that later demonstrated to be loyal to the United States even though he was not considered a true citizen because of his unexpected arrival to the country.…
When we first meet the character of Jim Casy, he is very unsure of himself. Jim is a “Christian” man with a lecherous side. After much fornication he begins to question whether he really can lead the people. “I wouldn’ take the good ol’ gospel that was just layin’ there to my hand. I got to be pickin’ at it an’ workin’ at it until I got it all tore down. Here I got the sperit sometimes an’ nothin’ to preach about. I got the call to lead the people, an’ no place to lead ‘em (Steinbeck, 21).” This quote is a perfect example of Jim Casy’s mindset. He was a preacher who felt that he could not lead his congregation.…
Andrew Jackson did good and bad things.He also had a tough life to handle.He was just a person who people couldn't really understand.Nobody knew or went through what he did so he was always different.A lot of people liked him but a lot of people didn’t. Andrew Jackson was just a tough person to be around.…
Have you heard of the king of rock ‘n’ roll?? You may not have known that Elvis Presley did not just eat penut butter sandwitches all day long, he also enhanced the American dream in more ways than one. Do to his influences on americans he is a perfect candidate for a beautiful memorial from your committee. Elvis would lead to equal rights for white and black people. He brought african American music to a wider audience. Elvis served in the U.S for 18 months of active military duty in Germany. Elvis’s songs were considered “black music”.…
How far do the sources suggest that Millicent Garrett Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’?…