Jonestown

Mr. Jones was arrested three weeks ago for firearms trafficking and diversion. The police launched an investigation into Mr. Jones based upon a tip that large numbers of automatic weapons were being sold out of Mr. Jones’ home. The investigation led police to believe that the sale a purchase of the weapons was gang-related and they obtained a search warrant on this basis. On the day of the arrest two uniformed officers approached the residence of Mr. Jones while other officers positioned…

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…

Cults are defined as a group of people having religious beliefs or practices viewed by others as strange. There are many cults in America, more than actual churches. The group is usually isolated from the rest of society which is believed to be destructive. These cults create their own worlds and limit any outside influences. They form their own society with a religious leader controlling the group. These groups use physiological persuasions to recruit and brainwash their members. In our…

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…

After reading part one of Gone from the Promise Land, I was not at all surprised to find out how troublesome Jim Jones’s childhood was. In class, I learned that Jim Jones had thought of himself as ‘God’ and he had lead a religion where he was able to convince the followers of this religion to commit suicide. Since Jim Jones was able to convince a large number of people to commit suicide, I thought that his reasoning for doing this must have stemmed from his childhood. I thought it stemmed from…

Jonestown Massacre On the tragic day of November 18, 1978, Jim Jones told his people to lay down their own lives. “We’ve had as much of this world as you’re going to get. Let’s just be done with it. Let’s be done with the agony of it”(Kim). Jim Jones, founder of Jonestown, leader of The Peoples Temple and the reason over nine-hundred people died on November 18. Was Jim Jones obsession with power and fame or was the CIA involvement behind the catastrophe of the Jonestown Massacre. To begin with,…

how you see this concept depicted in Jonestown: Jim Jones was very good at getting an audience to believe anything he says. He persuades the masses a couple of times. The first example would be when he persuades them into thinking that everyone is againt them. He tells the population that the United States and the Congressman that later arrives are in some aspects of evil. The population believes him because they do not have access to outside of Jonestown and they do not have television and…

Historical Information (dates, people, laws, key facts) ALL November 18, 1978, 909 people died in a ‘mass-suicide’ in Jonestown, Guyana These 909 people, which included over 200 children, were members of the People’s Temple, a religious group led by Jim Jones Background info on People’s Temple Jim Jones founded the People’s Temple, a Christian cult, in the 1950s in Indianapolis, Indiana and later moved his church to San Francisco, California. He preached socialist, utopian ideals and spoke…

Created by the People’s Temple and lead by Jim Jones, “Jonestown” was a religious society located in northwestern Guyana. On the date of November 18, 1978, 918 died in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, in Port Kaituma, a close-by airstrip (Wikipedia). According to Adst, “Jonestown was the scene of one of the most harrowing tragedies in American history.” The People’s Temple was created in Indiana by Jim Jones who formed this so called church because he was aggravated by the persecution of…

Jonestown Massacre Peoples Temple was formed in Indianapolis,Indiana in 1955 by Jim Jones. Jim JOnes spoke out about social and racial equality,communism and justice for the people. Jim jones idea as equality for all sparkerd a high interest in african american community because of their lack of equality they had in 1950’s and 1970’s. On November 18, 1978, Jim Jones a cult leader persuaded over 900 people to drink cyanide fruit punch. This is the biggest mass suicide that has happened in…