Mass suicide

sprouting forth new miracles, giving those across the nation a purpose at his settlement in Ukiah. In his settlement, he fostered a need to give all possessions toward better use, as the members of his church worked and supplied the church for the common good. Jones’ followers took his lead as the best choice at time even having jones think for them. Now with the rise of evangelists, Jones positioned himself as a false deity in the minds of his followers by casting miracles upon the sick. Jones later moved his people to the isolated lands of Ghana where he grew their distrust in one another until some followers were devoted enough to take arms against betrayers. His presence, control and manipulation among his followers all led to the Jonestown mass…

Nicole Orgeron’s Movie Critique- “Amadeus” 10/21/2015 Watch the award winning movie from 1984, “Amadeus” based on Mozart’s life, directed by Milos Forman then answer the questions below to receive credit for this assignment. 1. Name one of the Academy Awards this film has won. One of the Academy Awards Amadeus won was Best Picture. 2. Which actor was nominated for an Oscar in this film? Tom Hulce, was the actor that was nominated for an Oscar for starring in Amadeus. 3. What does the old…

Peter Shaffer’s 1984 film Amadeus is the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told from the perspective of his peer, so called friend, and rival Antonio Salieri. The movie begins with a man yelling Mozart 's names and saying that he killed him, we soon learn that the man is none other than Antonio Salieri and he is attempting to commit suicide. This act lands him in an insane asylum, where he is then interrogated by Father Vogler a priest who gets Salieri to tell him what he meant by he killed…

More than half of suburban counties and 45 percent of larger cities report 10 or fewer active gangs and the smaller cities report fewer than five gangs. However, this may not seem like a lot until it comes to the number of people in gangs. Gangs can be small or large, over the past decade the number of gang members have averaged around 770,000 nationwide. Nearly one in five larger cities reported more than 1,000 gang members (National Youth Gang Survey Analysis). Look at the picture to the…

“The Mind of Those Who Kill, and Kill Themselves” In Erica Good’s “The mind of those who kill, and kill themselves” from New York Times, she discusses the mass murders-suicides cases, where people want to kill themselves, but are afraid to die alone. How can the people that want to commit suicide be afraid to die alone? Why is it that they want to take a lot of innocent peoples’ lives with them to the death? There are many questions that don’t have an answer to such horrible…

“I’m sorry... I am happier now.” This was the note of John Lutz, a 24 year-old marine veteran who committed suicide on January 12, 2013 after the tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lutz struggled to cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He transformed completely after combat, battling mood swings and recoiling from loud noises. Although Lutz had received treatment at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he failed to heal from PTSD and perceived his only option as suicide.…

illnesses. Also it could lead to Suicide or violence. a study on depression showed “a 35% increase of reports of major depressive episodes between 2005 and 2014.”(Katie) This is why teen depression should be taken seriously. Usually between the ages of 15 and 30 depression starts to appear. the symptoms of depression are “irritability, fatigue, changes in sleeping patterns, changes in eating patterns social withdrawal, and anger.”(shroff) there are a lot…

The last form of deception that should be avoided at all costs is lying because it can result in collateral damage to innocent people. The people who suffer from this damage may feel the pain of the lowest form of anguish. For example, on November 18, 1978, 918 people committed suicide in Jonestown, Guyana by drinking a cyanide poisoned beverage. They committed suicide because the founder and leader of the Jonestown settlement, Jim Jones, lied to them by telling them that they were prone to…

Gun Control, a Mental Health Issue in America Gun control lately has rapidly become an even further controversial topic in America due to violent acts against the public by troubled individuals. “In the United States, popular and political discourse frequently focuses on the causal impact of mental illness in the aftermath of mass shootings” (Metzl and MacLeish sec.1). Not to mention the impact these situations have on the society, this issue, unfortunately remains so overlooked, that media…

As I sat in that little hospital room painted in an overwhelming color of eggshell white, time seemed to stop. I could hear his sharp breathing and the steady beeps from the machine, as my uncle’s heart beated on. He laid there in that bed motionless, it almost seemed cruel to keep him there. After nearly a month of no improvements and the doctor’s note that he would never be normal again, my family decided to make that heart-wrenching decision to pull the plug. Assisted suicide has been a long…