Branch Davidian

As the light from the sun slowly disappears behind the hillside, followed by the half crescent moon giving off just enough light to illuminate the surrounding clouds. As you are walking around the dimly lit streets, trying to just make it into your house. As you walk alone, you hear a noise down a hard way and your mind starts to wonder as to what it could be. Now every step you take, to every breath you take in, you do it with ease, listening and waiting, guessing what will be behind the next…

“Cults are religious groups who express their similar and sometimes “unique” beliefs together”("Religious Violence"). Characteristics of a typical cult include a leader’s continuous efforts to gain influence and control over members thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. “Anti-cult activists and scholars have all come to describe cults as groups that physically, mentally, emotionally, and materially exploit and manipulate their followers” ("Suicide Cults"). The members show extreme loyalty and…

The 1990s marked the finish not only of an era but also a millennium. The decade running up to the year 2000 saw a lot of adjustment and anticipation, with many important events that molded not only the 1990s but our lives since then. That change transpired in every way you can imagine – civically, technically, and socially. With about 5.5 billion people in the world, the year 1994 in America was a year marked by the chaotic case of O.J. Simpson, heartbreak over Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer’s, and…

examples of dystopias in cinema include more popular titles such as Brazil, The Matrix, District 9, Children of Men, and A Clockwork Orange (Zafar-Arif). There are many real-life examples of utopias and dystopias in the world as well, such as the Branch Davidians, Jonestown, and the controversial Unification Church, all of which exist in the modern universe today. Most importantly, the dystopian genre has gained a sense of momentum in popular culture today, and a hypothesis on why that would be…

If the world alone was nothing more but a society in which there is nothing but peace and the entire world was equal in all directions, how would the citizens of the society and outsiders classify it? This is the question that sparks a discussion about the similarities and differences of two societies that are highly popular in pop culture, yet surprisingly are true in the modern world. One society is a place where everything in the world is perfect and everyone lives in harmony with one another…

Game of Thrones is an ideal example of why the mass media is drawn to the apocalyptic-fiction genre and can be attributed to the connection between fiction and reality. Internally, within the mind, there is a psychological interest in endings and the end of the world. Externally, there is interest regarding historical events and personal religious beliefs. The apocalypse-fiction genre in modern media continues to become increasingly popular because many books and shows, such as George R.R.…