The Jonestown Massacre was a cult related mass suicide taking place during the 1970s, revealing the darker side of fringe social groups taking root in US society. Your essay reflections on the materia

The Jonestown Massacre was a cult related mass suicide taking place during the 1970s, revealing the darker side of fringe social groups taking root in US society.

Your essay reflections on the materials for this week must be different from what you post in the discussion board forum on the topic for this week.  

Please address the following questions in your short essay.

How do you think Jim Jones was able to manipulate so many individuals and eventually lead them to commit mass suicide?

Do you think such groups are inevitable in a free society or are there ways to reduce the number of such cults? If so, how? 

Make sure the writing assignment is one page in length, double spaced.