Jonestown Section I: The Event One of the more disturbing incidents in American History is the Jonestown Massacre that occurred on November 18th‚ 1978 in Georgetown‚ Guyana. It was the largest loss of civilian life in a non-natural tragedy until the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001. 909 lives were lost under the hand of Jim Jones who had cultivated a following of people over twenty-plus years. Jim Jones started his first church‚ named The Peoples Temple‚ in the mid-1950’s in Indianapolis‚ Indiana
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provided them with what they believed as faith healing. However‚ these people carried traits of emotional vulnerability‚ causing them to overlook the errors within their leader’s bold statements and arguments. Jones created the Peoples Temple known as Jonestown that began with immense hope and aspiration for the people‚ but ended in tragedy. The foundation of the tragic event was built upon Jones and his multiple arguments‚ which pertained common fallacies. The fallacies created by Jones consisted of appeals
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coercive persuasion‚ which is exercised by leaders who are so powerful as to be literally irresistible” ( Cults). A cult is a group of people who intend to do good in society but shown by Jonestown and Heaven’s gate are detrimental to society by systematically stripping people of their ability to think critically. Jonestown was a cult consisting of more than 900 member and leader Jim Jones. On November 18 1978 all members were forced into a mass suicide called a “ White night.” During the “White Night”
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nine hundred people to commit suicide together? In the United States’ biggest non-natural loss of human lives before 9/11‚ almost every member of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown‚ Guyana died after consuming a poisonous drink. This was a fitting end to lives that were brutally controlled by the cult’s leader‚ Jim Jones. The Jonestown incident should be remembered as a mass murder at the hands of Jones. At first‚ Jim Jones seemed anything but harmful. While living in Indianapolis in the 1950s‚ Jones
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11/14/13 In the film “Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples’ Temple”‚ eyewitnesses take us back in time to share their vivid and chilling experiences that led up to the mass suicide-murder that took place in the Guyana jungle settlement of Jonestown. “An examination of Peoples Temple will reveal that‚ although it was sold as a Christian religious group‚ Jim Jones was leading a political‚ more specifically socialist-based‚ movement.”(Peschman). Jim Jones was a man who took advantage of those
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On November eighteenth‚ 1978‚ over 900 people died in a settlement in Guyana call Jonestown. This group included 276 children(Biography.com Editors). These deaths are considered the largest modern mass suicide‚ and also considered a mass murder. This deadly event happened because of a single man named Jim Jones and his religious philosophy. The history of Jonestown‚ where the suicides occurred‚ begins with the life of Jim Jones. Growing up‚ he was always fascinated with religion‚ and made a name
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Theory and Analysis on Jonestown Documentary This documentary examines the infamous religious cult formed by a charismatic preacher named Jim Jones and his promise to bring a world of economic and racial equality. His promise led to the largest mass murder suicide in history. This documentary covers the events that lead to an abrupt awakening to the media and to the world of the people who joined the Peoples Temple ‚following how Jones first started from Indiana to California and lastly
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in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ over nine hundred members of a religious sect called the Peoples Temple died along with their leader Jim Jones. In a related incident‚ a California congressman and some news reporters died after visiting the religious compound. Jim Jones created and governed The Peoples Temple in Jonestown. Jones was a preacher who started his church group in Indiana‚ moved to California‚ and then moved to Jonestown‚ Guyana. Jones had a “vision of a Communist community” in Jonestown‚ where
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Analuisa Rubalcaba SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY JONESTOWN MASSACRE The bring up of the Jonestown massacre event sprouting almost thirty years ago‚ still makes us feel sad but mostly vulnerable. Vulnerable enough to watch almost a thousand people kill themselves voluntarily. Thinking about situational forces‚ we can relate to those forces assaulting us on our every day life; advertising‚ media‚ peer pressure‚ but never can we imagine they can obtain such power to influence our decisions and actions in those
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In 1978‚ over 900 people drank flavor-aid laced with cyanide and sedatives in Jonestown‚ a settlement in Guyana. This phenomenon of so many people poisoning their children then themselves under the direction of just one man‚ Jim Jones‚ seems hard to believe. Although it is technically a suicide‚ the people were by no means emotionally stable enough to all make this decision willfully. Jim Jones carefully planned this massacre‚ which is shown through his treatment of the members of his temple‚ his
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