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Consider all you have learned from your research on The People’s Temple and Jonestown and answer this in detail:  what role did obedience play? What role did conformity play?  Do you think the outcome could have been different?   This paper is analysis.  You should consult all the boards you did during the semester, too, especially, those on Obedience, Conformity and how a Group can affect individual thinking, since there is much good material there, but remember, if you quote from a classmate, you must document that, too.  This part of the paper does not require research.  I am looking for more contemplation here, since it would tie together much of what we did over the course of the semester – in terms of group thinking and behavior, conformity, and obedience.  Use solid examples to illustrate what you are saying and explain yourself so that connections are clear.  Keep in mind that I am asking you to address all three of these concepts, so do not allow one to take over the paper, meaning this is NOT a paper about any one thing, but rather about the concepts we discussed and how each plays a role in this event.  You must discuss each of the three and how they can be applied to The People’s Temple and Jonestown.

——Analytical paper on season 3 episode 8 (send it) of Reservation Dogs——
In this class, we have already watched and discussed several episodes of Reservation Dogs. This assignment asks you to focus and extend a discussion about one episode in an 
analytical way.
Here are some key questions to answer about the episode you choose to analyze. Not all of 
them will be relevant to your episode or particular ideas, but they are a place to start:
Storytelling is central to many Native American cultures. It serves several functions—one of which is to impart important lessons and cultural information. What lessons 
or cultural information are being imparted here? Use details and examples to illustrate your discussion. (This first question is a great place to start).
Are there incidents, visuals, sounds, or conversations in this episode that require spe-cific cultural knowledge to understand? You should be as specific as possible abou-t the tribes/cultures that share this knowledge or belief and discuss how this contri-butes to a larger sense of meaning.
For instance, in the episode titled “Uncle Brownie,” the eyes of the owl figures are pixelated 
out, and our Rez Dogs are freaked out by them. It is likely that you didn’t know what that 
meant when you first watched it.  However, we now know that the Owl is, in some Native 
American cultures, a harbinger of evil, because Dr. Lowry did her homework and got a lot 
more specific than Rotten Tomatoes about it.
How do some of the following elements contribute to the narrative and help round 
out the sense of meaning? Below is a list of elements followed by an example of how we might start to apply them to understanding more of the meaning of the episode. You would want to spend time explaining these things in detail in your own work. These are just initial observations.
Plot: The narrative arc of “Uncle Brownie” is in part about teaching and learni-ng—and it includes a couple of odd things–the old couple at the beginning, and the resulting dead deer seem to interrupt the point of the story. How do these things contribute to the main point of the story?
Setting/ Set design: Uncle Brownie’s house is a very important part of establishing his character
Dialogue: I feel like the way Brownie talks about Cookie is incredibly important. Why?
Costume: Uncle Brownie’s clothing is a very important part of establishing his character. What does that hat say about him, for instance?
Characters: The way different members of the Rez Dogs react to Brownie is crucial to the story. And Brownie’s interactions with other characters also adds to the narrative. Brownie is an elder. Does he get respect?
Sound/Music: Does the music in this episode seem to comment on the story? How?
Does this episode connect to other episodes in important ways that enhance the m-eaning of the episode?
This paper requires you to have a main topic such as letting go, community or lessons from 
the elders. You can also include ways that you see ethnocentrism, colonialism. 
Examples on season 3 episode 8 (send it): Choose one of these topics to go of off below
Community: Kenny Boy and the Rezz Dogs come together to kidnap Old Man Fixico. (They
trust Kenny enough to ask him for help) The Rezz Dogs end up calling Kenny Uncle as well. 
Kenny also decides to take the blame at the end of the episode when Officer Big is 
interrogating everyone because he believes that what they did was for a greater cause. All 
the young people come up with the name Rezz Dogs and become ‘one’ in a sense. At the 
end of the episode they all come together to see Fixico, Fixicos brother is also there as well. 
Letting go: Old man Fixico decides to see his cousin after Willie Jack cries saying she’d do 
anything to see Daniel again. The bus exploded at the end of the episode which may have meaning that “all from the past has burned down” and now they can come together as 
one after leaving the past behind
Lessons from the elders and lessons from the younger individuals as well: Willie Jack shed in-sight on the importance of letting go and Old man Fixico(max) reacts to that and is willing 
to see Fixico after years of not seeing him.