Jones Essays

truly astonishing… There is no way that Jim Jones could have been a prophet…” AQUINAS: “These people killed their children and then themselves because of their faith in Jim Jones. How could someone with no motives of credibility be followed with such devotion? How could this be possible?” HUME: “I do not understand why they all killed themselves, but I do understand why they could follow him. I am, however, not entirely sure what you mean by Jones having no motives of credibility.” AQUINAS: “Well

Warren Jones, most commonly known as Jim Jones, was an American cult leader who led almost one thousand people to their death through poisoning. The devastating event is known as the Jonestown Massacre, and Jim Jones was the leader of it all. On November 18, 1978, nine-hundred people were killed from poisoned Kool-Aid in Guyana, South America. Jim Jones created a region called the Jonestown Settlement in Guyana which is where the tragic deaths occurred. (“Jim Jones Biography” 1; “Jim Jones” 1; “Jonestown”

Bobby Jones: The Golf Master What would it be like to win over ten major golf championships? Bobby jones was born on March 17, 1902. Jones grew up in atlanta georgia, where he would go watch club pro’s at the East Lake Golf Club. He would try to imitate the swing of the club pro’s. At an early age, Jones was known for being a golf prodigy who quickly grew into one of the greatest golfers and created the masters tournament that increased competition in the sport. At an early age, Jones golf skills

Murder is by far one of the worst crimes a person can commit. Genene Jones committed murder anywhere from 11 up to 46 times. Not only did she kill people, she killed babies. Jones felt like it was her right to be able to take the lives of those who haven’t even lived yet. Jones was a white female born on July 13, 1950. Jones was put up for adoption and she was adopted by Dick and Gladys Jones. Jones also had two older, and one younger siblings. She grew up in a nice neighborhood; her father was

Mary Harris Jones was an effective American rebel in the United States’ history. She was a strong woman willing to stand up for the rights of herself and others. She took a stand for what she believed in, and she did something about the rights she believed the mine workers deserved. Her leadership during the labor movement has impacted history. Mary Harris Jones was an American rebel because she led many worker strikes, and she became an impactful leader for the women and children’s workforce. Mary

Jim Jones was a cult leader in the 1970s who convinced hundreds of people to commit suicide. He was extremely persuasive and convinced people, especially minorities, to join his cult and move to Guyana for mass suicide. He used several rhetorical devices to make himself more convincing. Jones used the rhetorical devices and appeals of ethos, an either-or logical fallacy, and pathos to persuade the members of his cult that they had no other choice but to commit suicide, or else they would face far

smile that could light up the sky; one would think Mr. Davis Jones is an average man with an ordinary life and background, but they would be wrong. Without hesitation, Mr. Jones shared his life story with sheer candor. From structure, to struggle, to success, Mr. Jones paved his way to a profitable career in information technology and computer science. Born in the suburbs of Canton, Ohio to working-class parents, early on in life, Mr. Jones displayed above average intelligence excelling especially

The Free State of Jones The Free State of Jones took place during the Civil War in the spring of 1864. The Civil War was a long battle between the Confederates in the South and the Union in the North. The Free State of Jones was a rebellion movement led by the farmer Newton Knight against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi. Newton Knight was a medic and was caring for the injured young men and even young boys who were no more than children, who were hurt while on the battlefield; risking

James Warren “Jim” Jones, the flock of followers in Jonestown, Guyana surrounded their beloved preacher unknowing of what was to come. In the gatherers punch were traces of cyanide and valium, which is deadly upon ingestion. Some of the more loyal followers drank willingly, but those that were reluctant were forced to obey. Being smaller, children were the first to succumb to the poison, followed shortly after by the elderly and then the rest of the group. The acclaimed messiah Jones decided to take

Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Cult “Jim Jones of the Peoples’s Temple began as a sound, fairly mainstream Christian minister” (Sects, ‘Cults’ & Alternative Religions). Before all the madness Jones seemed like a caring person, that wanted to bring peace to a town he made, Jonestown. Instead it turned into something more horrific. Jim Jones was the manipulative mastermind behind the traumatic events that happened in Jonestown, Guyana, this essay will discuss interviews by people who are survivors

On November 18, 1978, in “Jones town” more than 900 members of an American cult Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones. The megalomaniac leader, Jim Jones, was born on May 31, 1931, in rural Indiana. Everything started at the 1950’s, when he began working as a self-ordained Christian minister in small churches around Indianapolis. He wanted to do a church of his own, and to collect money for it he tried various ways, including selling live monkeys

One of the major factors that contributed to the victory of Doug Jones was his opponents sexual assault accusations. In the recent political climate regarding sexual assault and the #metoo movement, people have been more aware about sexual abuse, which has caused an outpour of support for victims and shame for attackers. Perhaps if this scandal was never brought to light, or never happened, Roy Moore would have won the election because, after all, Alabama is a “red” state, and it is rare that Alabama

Author Rebecca Moore comes with a different perspective about Jonestown. Moore, had two sisters who were both involved with The Peoples Temple. She also had a four –year - old nephew who was the child of her oldest sister and his father was Jim Jones, leader of The Peoples Temple. Moore, states that writing this book is a personal quest to find answers of what happened to her family members. She knew many people who were members of The Peoples Temple and did not consider them to be crazy or a

there has to be a reason for the deaths besides Jim Jones himself and that reason is fear. Jones used this fear to shape the identities of his followers through forcing them to join his community from blackmail, convincing most of his followers that the public media were all liars and dangerous, and most importantly getting the people of Jonestown to kill themselves. Everything started off with Jim Jones gaining followers of course, but how did Jones followers start to grow? Well Jim didn’t always

Free State of Jones is a historically accurate movie with its’ depiction of characters, events, setting, and details of the famous revolt of farmers in Jones County, Mississippi. The movie Free State of Jones is based off the Jones County rebellion of 1863. In the Jones County rebellion of 1863, Newton Knight and other small farmers enlisted into the Confederate Army, however most small farmers became deserters when the Confederacy passed the Second Conscription Act. The Second Conscription Act

I read the book The Cult that Died: The Tragedy of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple by George Kilneman, Sherman Butler, and David Conn. The book is a biography about Jim Jones and the mass suicide he pulled off by constructing a dangerous cult. Even though the leadership of Jim Jones led to an abundant amount of casualties, he still managed to gather over 900 followers throughout his time. Growing up, Jim Jones considered himself an outcast. Hence, his target audience was the hopeless, the less

people were led by Jim Jones to a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones was as a notorious cult leader. He was the founder of the People’s Temple religious cult. To gain more followers Jones promised those people that if they followed him he would build a utopia. Jones first started to get recognition in 1952 when he joined the ministry. He got a job as a student pastor at the Somerset Methodist Church in a poor predominantly white neighborhood in Indianapolis. Jones started to make a name

Toppan and Genene Jones weren’t the best of the best. These two women become serial killers and murdered their patients with poison. Jane Toppan was born in 1857, in Boston Massachusetts, she was born aka Honora Kelley. She was a serial killer while working in the medical field. She worked as a nurse for most of her life. Jane committed her crimes by injecting patients with morphine until they died. She was known as the “angel of death” also as the other killer nurse Genene Jones. She had confessed

Jim Jones was a cruel cult leader with a long, successful career and an idea that ultimately led to the deaths in Jonestown. James Warren Jones was born on May 13, 1931, in Crete, Indiana. Jim Jones was described as a weird kid, and he would usually hold funerals for small animals, Jim even stabbed a cat to death when he was ten-years-old. At around this time, Jim Jones began visiting churches. Jim Jones was also very intolerant of racial discrimination and had African American friends that weren’t

Jim Jones: Suicide or Loyalty? There have been many studies done on persuasion and cult leaders. Cult leaders are usually very good at using persuasion to gain followers. In some cases, cult leaders will go to major extremes just to have people follow them. Jim Jones was a very powerful man with the use of persuasion. Jim Jones started the People’s Temple in the 1950s in Indiana. The People’s Temple was based on socialist ideals and Christian redemption. Jim Jones made the cult seem very attractive