Jim Jones was one of the famous person, who was respected by people of United States of America in the 1950’s and 60’s. Jim Jones was one of the American Sect Leader and Community Organizer. He was born on May 13th 1931, in a small town in Indiana, United States of America. He was born to a poor family and was not treated well by the people. His father a drunkard and mother had to work a lot to run the family. From his childhood, he started doing strange things. Looking at all the strange things he did, people thought to think he was weird. Jim was obsessed with the religions and death. He used to hold funeral for the dead animals, and sometimes he even killed some animals and held funeral for them. Looking at all this stuff, people used to think he is different from rest of the world. Jim hated the concept of racism. He brought a black child from his town to his house, and didn’t see his father for years …show more content…
No one knows that they are going to die. It was all of a sudden. But 80 members were out of the town that day and Jim Jones Sons. It is called as the revolutionary suicide because most of them doesn’t know what happened on that day. People don’t want to commit suicide when there is everything good and they have whatever they want. So that is the main reason it is called Jones Town Massacre. I think the main aim of Jim Jones was to take the control of the people. Actually, he was frustrated by the incidents he faced in his life. He was not treated in a good manner for being born as a poor kid. So he learned a lesson that the only way to take control of the people is to start faith-healing. To make people trust him, he made up some characters as members in the temple, who will make up stories and share them with the rest of the crew. So for him to take the revenge of all the bad incidents he faced, the only way is only to take the control of the
He was forced to flee to Virginia, where he changed his name first to John Jones, then to John Paul Jones. Though he seems like a horrible mass murderer, he really wasn't. He had his best points in history. For example, he "started" the American navy and he performed a hit and run raid on Whitehaven. When Congress formed the "Continental Navy," Jones offered his services and was commissioned as first lieutenant.
Jim is one perfect example of the message that Twain is trying to convey. As Jim’s character builds, his english is broken, and at times, is difficult to read. Twain has done this on purpose, to emphasize Jim’s lack of an education and the treatment he gets as a slave. In the beginning chapters of the book, Jim hears a sound and says “say-who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef i didn’ hear sumf’n…” When reading Jim’s dialogue, the reader must have some reflection on the way his speaking is a result of slavery and the purposeful withholding of education.
We can see throughout the movie that Jim¡¯s father is cowardly and afraid to stand up for himself even to his own wife. There are multiple scenes in the movie where this is quite evident, but the scene that stands out the most is when Jim comes back from the ¡°chicken run¡± and looks for reassurance from his father. Yet, what he gets is not a father giving him guidance and support, but someone who tries to please his son and agrees with everything he says. Instead of standing up for his own beliefs and standing behind what he tells his son at first, he continually switches what he says to find the easy way out of the situation. Jim¡...
During times of slavery, every African American in the south was either a slave or a free African American. “She treated me with respect” (Twain 5). Jim said when he was asked about how the Widow Douglass treats him. This shows that the life of Jim was not that bad, he had everything a slave at that time could want, and his owner did not disrespect him. Also most slaves were abused and almost beaten to death. Twain tries to represent the hardships of slaves on a daily basis when he doesn’t portray Jim’s life to be much difficult “Even though Jim was a slave, he was treated like a family member” (Ralph 6). Jim was a house slave and did not have to do hard work in the fields for long hours. In page 3 in Ralph’s Article, he says “Jim had to no motive to leave, he wanted freedom but it would be harder for him because he wouldn’t have all the amenities he had when he was a slave” (Ralph 4).
They terrorized pro-Union enemies within Missouri. James was still a teenager at the time, and probably very impressionable. He participated in quite a bit of violence with this group, including the notorious “Centralia massacre”, where twenty-two unarmed Union soldiers and a hundred others were for the most part, butchered. It was experiences like this that helped shape the man Jesse James would become. (Notorious pg.
...s already small portions of food and horrible tasks given to those who didn’t obey Jim Jones. Also, Reverend jones clearly didn’t mind the fact that he was forcing more than nine hundred people to commit suicide, a third if them children. Being me, I feel like the way Jim Jones treated these people, and the way he led this cult compound was completely wrong. I feel like Peoples Temple was a humungous mistake. I also feel truly sorry for those who lose friends and family in this horrible event and for those who went through this. Although this is all over the Jim jones Massacre will forever be remembered and never be forgotten.
Charismatic authority is when a leader gains followers simply by the strength of his/her character. Jones was considered to be very enticing for women and a very good role model for men. As opposed to the norms of other social groups, charismatic authoritarians were not leaders based on a written law but by the will of the people who serve him. Because charismatic leaders are not linked to tradition, they are a danger to established groups due to their lack of care for legal authorities. By blindly following a leader like Jones, who was a master of manipulation, members were not aware of the damage they were doing by the order of Jones. Charismatic authoritarians gain loyal followers more easily than law written organizations, for the people follow charismatic authoritarians by their own free will rather than requirement. Being a large group formed outside of written laws instantly deviates it from other established groups. Because of Jones magnetic pull he was able to convince his group members that everything they were doing including the mass suicide were for the greater good. Having an icon tell you that you’re doing something for the greater good desensitizes you to the task you were asked to perform. An example of this is that the majority of the members viewed the suicide as a ‘sacrificial’ act for American society. Charismatic leaders are dangerous in that
Jim constant habits of smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol did nothing more than destroys his body. Cigarettes were something that was going to surely but slowly go to lead him to the grave. Alcohol is known for altering the mind, thus leaving Jim in the state where he is unable to care for himself. These two components would either leave Jim in a state where he is mentally dead or where he is physically dead.
Jim Jones was “a self-proclaimed messiah in a polyester suit, a man who played God from behind mysterious dark glasses that gave his followers the impression that he was omniscient”( Axthelm 54). Born in 1931 in Lynn, Indiana to James Thurmond and Lynetta Jones, he was looked upon by his parents as a gift from Saint Francis. Jim’s father was white and an active member of the Ku Klux Klan. His mother was part Cherokee which lead Jim in later years to refer to himself with pride as an “ All-American mongrel”
Jim was known as the town’s practical joker, even though his jokes were cruel and disrespectful. In one of whitey’s stories about Jim, he mentions how Jim once said “that lots of people had tried to make a monkey out of him, but he always got even.” which explains some of Jim’s reactions to some things. For example when his wife went to one of Jim’s jobs and asks for his wages, Jim later finds out ...
Another theme that is dealt with in this book is slavery. In fact, slavery is one of the main topics that has been frequently debated in regards to Huckleberry Finn since it was first published. Twain himself was vehemently anti-slavery and Huckleberry Finn can in many ways be seen as an allegory for why slavery is wrong. Twain uses Jim, a slave who is one of the main characters, as a way of showing the human side of a slave. Everything about Jim is presented through emotions: Jim runs away because Miss Watson was going to sell him South and separate him from his family; Jim is trying to become free so he can buy his family's freedom; and Jim takes care of Huck and protects him on their journey downriver in a very materialistic manner.
Jonestown massacre, led by Jim Jones, was known to be a massive genocide that took place in the jungle at Jonestown, Guyana, South America on November 18,1978. There were total of 913 people who died drinking the cyanide mixed kool-aid.
On November 18, 1978, a notorious religious organization lead by Jim Jones became international news. As a result of manipulation and isolation, Jim Jones influenced his followers to commit suicide. Not only, but his followers were utterly convinced that what they were doing was for a good cause, specifically, a political movement. With kool-aid and a dash of cyanide, 918 people, adults and children, ended their lives that day. The aftermath of this horrific event resulted in numerous documentaries, on of which being, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Created in 2006, this documentary gives a thorough and accurate account of the events that lead up to as well as occured that day.
Throughout the novel, Jim internally aspires toward the significant and frequently occurring image, courage. From the very beginning he sees "himself saving people from sinking ships . . . an example of devotion to duty, and as unflinching as a hero in a book" (3).
Jim is a runaway slave who ran away from Miss Watson the same night that Huckleberry staged his death because of that he’s blamed for Huckleberrys’ death in St. Petersburg and there’s put a reward on his head. Huckleberry meets Jim hiding on Jackson’s island in the middle of the Mississippi river and they become each others companion through their adventures. Jim is a father of two and has a wife who has been separated from for long and that is his most vital reason for running away from Ms. Watson. Jim is heading to the free states to be a free man so he can reunite with his wife and children. He’s a very superstitious, intelligent and takes the role of Huckleberrys’ father.