Sociology 11/09/01 When the tragedy happened at Waco with David Koresh, to many it resembled the tragedy with Jim Jones in Guyana. Jim Jones and David were alike in many ways as leaders of their occults. ... Jeanine and Al Mills were former Peoples temple members under Jim Jones. ... Jones was not going to let any outsider get that close to his compound. Jim Jones was very abusing to all of his members. ...
(Jones 10) To get a full understanding of Morrison's potential fall from greatness, which was averted by his unfortunate demise, one must first look at his rise to it. ... (Jones 9)... (Jones 9) The award winning author Joan Didion called the Doors "the Norman Mailers of the Top 40, missionaries of apocalyptic sex," (9). ... (Jones 137) As a result, many stops on the Doors concert tour were canceled, and they were banned from numerous venues. ... (Jones 9-10) Jim hated his pop start image, and was tortured by it. ...
Nike Inc. The topic that I have chosen to do a research project on is Nike Inc. I chose to do my research on Nike because I am for one, very much interested in Nike, and secondly I am very interested in Nike's clothing, shoes, and accessory line. Basketball players "wanna be like Mike-, but ...
What exactly is a cult, one may ask. It is like a gang, except it can sometimes be in a sense closer. In gangs people still have there different points of view, in cults people are brainwashed, in a good or bad sense, to all have the same ideas and morals. Cults make people want to join because most of the time they make promises to the potential followers, whether it is drugs, sex, money, or even paradise. Now, what would drive a person to join a cult such as the Charles Manson family? ...
It is hard to believe that at the start of this century, time wasn't even standardized. The nature of the workplace has changed dramatically. The traditional average working day is no longer 9:00 - 5:00; time seems to go by faster. While employees are working longer hours and commuting further. We...
