The Jonestown Massacre :: Papers

The Jonestown Massacre The Jonestown massacre was a shocking tragedy, which took the lives of over 900 innocent people and could possibly be the most mislead and horrific experiment the American government has ever done. To get to receive approximately the massacre, you have to know a little about the gentleman behind it either, Reverend Jim Jones. Jim Jones was the son of a Klansman and considered himself to be a rebirth of both Jesus and Lenin. (Lenin was a Russian revolutionist who helped bring about socialism in Russia.) They say he was paranoid of the American government, only when later, it was found that he worked for it. He was a well-known person in San Francisco because he was the leader of the slews Temple and also because of the fact that he was the chairwoman of the Housing Department and he and his church building won many addition awards. He was called Father by members of the Peoples Temple. The Peoples Temple was the so-called chu rch that Jones established. People joined the Peoples Temple for different reasons a political statement, structure, discipline, or a way to escape from violence, alcohol and drugs. Whatever the reason they joined for, when they got in something kept 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 surprisingly convincing, he staged fake healings, and used narcotics on his followers, so they would study almost anything. As he was doing all this brainwashing he was theft money 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 travel it to the jungle of Guyana, he called this place Jonestown. Jonestown was his idea of the perfect community. It was ba sed on the ideals of socialism and communism, and everyone worked