Jason Jones

Humans have a trend in which we only sacrifice at the most critical or important point, which helps reveal the what we value. This is showcased in the novel, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, when the author uses the protagonist, Jane Eyre, to showcase a theme of sacrifice and sometimes lack thereof regarding one’s moral principles in a Victorian society. Throughout the novel, Jane deliberately sacrifices her safety, stability, and emotional gratification, which highlights her character’s values…

Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” looks into the complex lives of the Bennet family. The novel takes place around the 1800’s in Hertfordshire, Great Britain. The Bennets consists of five unmarried sisters, an overbearing mother, and a lackadaisical Mr. Bennet. The excitement begins when an upscale estate known as Netherfield park is occupied by the rich, handsome Mr. Bingley, accompanied by his sister Caroline and his close, mysterious friend Mr. Darcy. The newcomers attend a dance,…

My character, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, is from a short story called Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling which is about a mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who is trying to protect his family from the evil snakes, Nag, and Nagania. Throughout the story he proves himself to be a brave, smart, fast mongoose. `Throughout the story, Rikki shows great bravery. The part that shows his bravery the best is when Rikki goes into the cobra hole with nag. Rikki “Plunged into the rat hole where she and nag used to…

Jonestown Massacre is considered as one of the most horifying tragerdies in American History. Jim Jones moved his temple to Guyana after his church in San Francisco was accused of financial fraud, physical abuse of its members and mistreatment of children. When Ryan, the inestigating officer arriven in Jonestown, several Jonestown residents approached him and asked him for passage out of Guyana. A distressed Jones commanded everyone to gather in the main pavillion. The members of the temple…

different cults have existed for many years. Some cults are peaceful while other cults can be violent and intense. One cult that ended in severity was the Peoples Temple based in Jonestown, Guyana. This particular cult was led by a man named Jim Jones. Jones had strong views on equality and wanted to create a place where people of all ages, races, and sexual orientations could live together in peace, therefore he started the Peoples Temple. The Temple was established in Indianapolis in the…

There are opposite ends of every spectrum, and a happy medium in the middle. The combinations are endless; too hungry and too full, too hot and too cold, too bright and too dark, etc. The same goes for human traits; while some are more important than others, the balance is more often than not off. A lucky few are gifted with the perfect amount of each trait, sitting right between the poles. Tom Stoppard shapes Thomasina, the one character with the perfect balance of thinking with her brain and…

Elizabeth proves herself being a fallible heroine from the very beginning of the story. Her quickly made opinion of Mr Darcy shows an example of hurt pride leading to deep prejudice. The moment she decides to despise Mr Darcy is important for the plot as all the following mistakes are based on this particular one. Mr Bingley tries to convince Mr Darcy to dance with Elizabeth but Darcy does not feel attracted to her and his comment about Elizabeth being “tolerable, but not handsome enough to…

Canterbury Tales Essay The Sergeant of Law has one of the best or at least one of the better tales out of all the stories in the Canterbury Tales. His story follows a woman and her ability and will to keep faith through certain hardships where it could be questioned. Out of all the stories this is one that seemed to really tale a tale all from the imagination, with a meaning. Other tales had bashed other members of the travel party, or had just been hypocritical to the story teller and their…

John White Dr. Mills English 121-117 5 October 2015 Drinking Poison? I remember when I first heard about it. I was living in Provo Utah at the time and I had seen several picket signs that had been thrust into the lawn outside of Utah Valley University. Each sign painted an eerie picture as it contained an image of a skull and crossbones within a water droplet leaking out of a water faucet. Beneath the haunting image was a caption that read, “We are drinking poison!” There was a small group…

1 / 4 Jim Jones: Cult Maniac 909 people's corpses lie lifeless in a religious colony known as Jonestown. They lie lifeless from the cyanide tainted kool aid ingested through their bodies (Donnely 271). The man at fault for this is a crazed, religious leader by the name of Jim Jones. He was responsible for the cult-like community of Jonestown that was riddled with abuse and secrets that changed the lives of the many who died there. Jim Jones, who was an American religious cult leader, was…