Jim Jones‚ a name widely known as the leader of the People’s Temple‚ created a movement that ended up in one of the most massive massacres in history. His charge and influence on others elucidates psychological concepts. Members of the People’s Temple gave up their lives to devote to Mr. Jones’ because of his pressure on the mind persuading techniques of conformity‚ obedience‚ and cognitive dissonance. Conformity performed a role in Jones’ project prior to even becoming an official member of the
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to this particular temple because the structure was extremely similar to the structures in India. As we arrived at the temple‚ Devi mentioned that she had forgotten to tell me that shoes were not allowed in the temple. I then mentioned that I had read that this was because of shoes being thought of as unclean. Devi confirmed that I was correct and proceeded to explain how one is supposed to prepare for temple. Devi explained that to be considered clean to enter the temple‚ her family would have
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slang instead of using my own way to understand it . To be honest‚ this mock trail ‚which I have never done before is really a good pratical experience for me. Through this imitation trail‚ I got a better‚specific and deepen understanding about the trial and I learned about the leagal system in a more competitive manner. I feel I just experienced a real trail. It’s pretty cool ! Moreover‚There are three things that I learned about the trail process from this experience that I didn’t know before I want
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Memoirs of a Geisha director Steven Spielberg. Both texts highlight the notion of the inability to belong to place and culture and thus not being able to belong to self causing the protagonist to feel limited in their belonging experience‚ and the trials and tribulations implemented to overcome this to consequently feel a sense of belonging‚ which furthermore allows the protagonists belonging experience to be enriched. Belonging to culture and place is often the most complex battle; the inability
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I was lucky enough to attend an extremely privileged private prep high school on the main line‚ and coming to Temple University was definitely a culture shock for me. It is not so much the urban environment‚ as it is the diverse student body that I am exposed to every day in my classes. Temple has given me the opportunity to take classes like Kids in Crisis that serve to shed light on difficult topics like racism‚ discrimination‚ and privilege that I was never exposed to at my high school‚ and
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the Christian theory of Divine Creation as described in the Bible. This caused many religious fundamentalists to fight against it. They took their battle to the law books‚ and they were challenged by pro-evolution modernists in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. The theory of Evolution was developed by Charles Darwin throughout his life and published in 1859 in a book called "The Origin of Species." In brief‚ it states that all living things on earth evolved over time and that natural selection
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My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith‚ worshipped. As one might expect‚ the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the
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“I want that pony!” The annoying whiney voice of Little Miss Shirley Temple said. It wasn’t actually Shirley Temple but this girl had blonde curls that bounced with every step she took and she wore frilly dresses to schools everyday‚ she thought she was the queen and all of the rest of the class was mere peasants. After so long of knowing how annoying Little Miss Shirley Temple was‚ and learning that none of the boys in the class gave her one glance whereas all the girls would bow down to her every
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examples of this is the Greek temple and the Buddhist stupa. Each was an important religious monument in its culture that on the surface is vastly different from the other. However‚ after taking a closer look we can see that there are many fundamental similarities. The Greek Temple and Buddhist Temple vastly differed from a visual perspective. Stupas were typically round‚ circular shape buildings with a domed top. Temples‚ however‚ were a symmetrical rectangle. The temples were typically surrounded by
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society and the institutions that separate the social classes and explores the intricacies of the arguably broken Australian/Victorian legal system. Temple uses Joe Cashin‚ his lone-crusader type protagonist‚ to assert his view that the justice system shouldn’t be inaccessible to certain demographics. Through the development of other characters Temple is able to both provide readers with a well-rounded reflection of the varied societal views and values held by rural Australian citizens as well as
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