Iron Man

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Anthony (Tony) Stark was original a fiction character from a comic that was created by Stan Lee in 1963 but since then has many movies and books made about him. Tony is sassy, brilliant, forgetful, rich, rude, player that eventually becomes a philanthropist. Even from the young age of 6, Tony quickly stole the spotlight with his bright, amazing, and unique mind. At the age of 21, his parents were killed in a car accident in 1991. In that same year, Tony became the new CEO of a weapon company called Stark Industries, a company that his father had started and he ushered in a new era for his father's legacy. He changed the face of the weapons industry by making satellite targeting, smarter weapons, and also more advanced robots. His weapons weren't always used for the greater good; for example, during one of his trips to the Middle East to show off his latest weapon, the Jericho, to the American army, he was abducted by the terrorist group, Ten Rings. During capture, he was hit with one of his own weapons causing many shards of shrapnel to enter his body slowing getting closer and closer to his heart. Yinsen, a captured doctor, took care of Tony but in return, the Ten Rings tried to make Tony build the Jericho. But instead of making it, he made a battle suit that he then used the suit to escape from the terrorists' base; sadly, Yinsen was killed during the outbreak. In raged with the death of his friend, Tony burns down all of the Ten Rings weapons and attempts to fly away, but he ends up failing and crash landing in the desert where he was then rescued by the military.
When Tony got back home, in Los Angeles, he announced to the press that his company will no longer manufacture weapons. Obadiah then calls Tony aside and, enraged, ...

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...lives instead of killing millions of lives. Tony’s entire life used to be about weapons, he was a multi-billionaire, but yet he still chose to put all that behind him. We should be like Tony, we should stand up for what’s right even if other people disagree with us.

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"Matthew 26:52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.." Bible Hub. Web.10 May 2014. .

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