Dow Jones & Company

The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen could not have been named better. This is because of the personalities that result in the actions of the two main characters, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Elizabeth Bennett, or Lizzie, is one of the five Bennett daughters, but is nothing like her other sisters. She completely refutes society’s ideas about a woman’s purpose and marriage. This often leads to her having more pride than the average woman of the Regency Period. Elizabeth does…

his or her own personal use; this action will cause people to hate you, and being hated is the absolute thing a leader should always avoid! A deceitful man by the name of Jim Jones appeared to have the qualities of a prince, but with further inspection, the only qualities he possessed were of a devil. In the beginning, Jones was disguised as a giving man, never asking for more than his members could offer him “I never want you to give money. Your willingness to donate your home and yourself when…

Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice consists of many contrasting characters, which are foils of each other. For example, Jane is characterized as docile and reserved, never finding faults in others, while Elizabeth is initially portrayed as saturated with prejudice. Elizabeth does later overcome her initial prejudice after several discoveries. To relate Elizabeth's character development to Mary Wollstonecraft’s beliefs on the ideal women as she described in her classic feminist text The…

On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” was the most deadly, non-natural disaster in all of U.S. history. James Warren “Jim” Jones who was the leader and founder of a cult known as Peoples temple in Indiana in 1970’s led this infamous event. Jim Jones started a racially integrated church with the pure intention to help others in need. The occurrences at Jonestown have been described in two different terms: as the “Jonestown suicides” and as the “Jonestown massacre…

Alternatively, the actions of characters portray the fascination with social standings. Primarily, Darcy's conduct at the Netherfield ball illustrates his views on the lower class. During the ball, Austen writes, "his character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again," showing that the partygoers found Darcy exceedingly odious. Darcy's pride causes him to consider all others as socially inferior. His copious…

Written in 2011 The Martian is a science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It follows the survival story of Mark Watney, an astronaut left behind on Mars, after his mission was aborted. In comparison Moon, a film released in 2000 by director Duncan Jones explores chosen isolation through the astronaut Sam Bell completing a three year job overseeing the mining of helium on the Moon. Similar themes are explored within both of these texts but through two completely different characters and…

In Raiders of the Lost Ark by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, we see how the story is an example of an Epic. We see how brave and wise Indiana Jones is when he figures out how to get out of situations and how he figures out different ancient articles. Even when he travels around the world like to South America and Nepal and also Cairo. Also ,how he has superhuman abilities such as punching people out of cars and sliding under cars without getting hurt. There also is a lot of supernatural things…

When Lee Lodge and Modest! Management asked Kate Moross if she would like to be involved with One Direction’s On The Road Again Tour, she did not expect to have so much creative freedom. Morris started this project last autumn at Studio Moross with a team full of filmmakers, animators, illustrators and designers. Even though Studio Morris covers everything from graphic design, to live visuals. This was the first time that all areas were brought to one massive project. With the enormous…

Jim Jones targeted those who were vulnerable, those who would be easily convince of his messages and promises. These people consisted of the less fortunate, poor blacks, ex-addicts, and the elderlies. He would use the foot in the door technique to recruit new members. This technique is based on the theory that people will agree to a large favor if you can get them to agree to a small favor first. Jim Jones demonstrate it by having recruiters ask passerby to help a poor person, or to donate five…

In 1977 Jones Jimes fled the United States, and nearly a thousand of his people’s temples cult. Deep in the South American jungle him and his cult built a new community to find a new way of life and called it “JonesTown”. Having a great image of a “home sweet home” and a get away “paradise” is soon died on November 18, 1978. More than 900 people were killed or others committed suicide by drinking laced Kool-Aid. Jones did have a dark side to this all as you can tell he killed nearly a thousand…