The Jonestown Massacre :: Papers

The Jonestown Massacre The Jonestown massacre was a horrible tragedy, which took the lives of over 900 innocent people and could possibly be the most corrupt and steep experiment the American government has ever done. To get to know nigh the massacre, you have to know a little about the man cigarette it all, Reverend Jim Jones. Jim Jones was the son of a Klansman and considered himself to be a reincarnation of twain Jesus and Lenin. (Lenin was a Russian revolutionist who helped bring about socialist economy in Russia.) They say he was paranoid of the American government, but later, it was tack together that he worked for it. He was a well-known person in San Francisco because he was the leader of the Peoples Temple and also because of the fact that he was the Chairman of the accommodate Department and he and his church won many humanitarian awards. He was called Father by members of the Peoples Temple. The Peoples Temple was the so-called church th at Jones established. People conjugate the Peoples Temple for different reasons a political statement, structure, discipline, or a representation to escape from violence, alcohol and drugs. Whatever the reason they joined for, when they got in something unploughed them there. Jim Jones was a mastermind at brainwashing, and thats just what he did to all of his followers. He had many tactics he was an excellent speaker and was amazingly convincing, he staged fake healings, and used narcotics on his followers, so they would believe nigh anything. As he was doing all this brainwashing he was stealing specie from the people, raping the young women and girls of his church, and on top of it all, murdering those who seemed a threat to his church or attempted to leave. Eventually, The Peoples Temple was being investigated by the police, so Jim Jones moved it to the hobo camp of Guyana, he called this place Jonestown. Jonestown was his idea of the perfect co mmunity. It was based on the ideals of socialism and communism, and everyone worked