There’s not too many folks out there who don’t have any knowledge of the Star Wars universe. The cinematic space opera’s original trilogy has spawned into a global and cultural phenomenon of epic proportions. It’s influenced countless films‚ books‚ TV shows‚ as well as made an impact on the fashion world. Now Star Wars fans can further indulge their deep love of everything connected to the George Lucas franchise thanks to a brand new exhibit currently taking place in a city with its own otherworldly
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present day‚ Star Trek has represented what our culture strives to achieve. The show was boldly going where no man has gone before‚ and America was too. Part of the “American spirit” is to tackle momentous issues and improve upon the things we already have solved. In the 1960’s we dove into the Space Race and now we have breakthroughs in chemotherapy that has increased the 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients from 16% to 27% (and that percentage is continuing to raise). Star Trek embodies
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I. The book I read was Enchantress from the Stars‚ by Sylvia Louise Engdahl. She was born on November 24 1933 LA‚ CA. She went to school to become an elementary teacher‚ and stayed in it for 1 year‚ then decided she hated it. She then became a computer programmer for the Top Secret SAGE air defense system for 10 years. She really did like it‚ even though she thought school was boring‚ she thought that was interesting. It was like going to the best class in the world and being paid for it. She then
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In Star Wars: The Force Awakens‚ John Williams’ song “The Ways of The Force” plays during the final battle scene. In this scene‚ the dark and light sides of the force face off‚ represented by the characters Kylo Ren and Rey. The music of the scene is highly effective in relaying the emotions of the fight. Through his composition of film music‚ Williams has been able to greatly influence American culture for decades. In “The Ways of The Force‚” Williams creatively incorporates references to his previous
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The Converse All Star is sneaker that has been around for over a century. beginning in the USA in 1917 it has seen large ups and downs in the market ever since its introduction. From being one of America’s most celebrated sporting shoe to Rock and Rolls go to sneaker. Converse All Stars (Formerly known as Chuck Taylors)‚ are by far the most recognized and purchased style of converse shoe. but what information can we gather from the external environment and what does it mean for the future of
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Block 4-5B September 30‚ 2009 Star Wars and the Hero’s Journey In “Star Wars: A New Hope” created by George Lucas‚ the elements of the movie are very similar to those of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces or “The hero’s journey”. This paper will describe how Lucas’s picture meets the elements departure‚ initiation‚ and return. Campbell describes all these elements in his book…the motivation for many of the themes and characters in that of Star Wars. “The point in a person’s
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Star Wars and The Matrix There holds in heaven‚ if there is a heaven‚ a cabinet so sublime‚ so extravagantly constructed as to hold the two classics: Star Wars and The Matrix. Star Wars was the original space-western journey of the seventies – The Matrix is the Star Wars of the noughties. Luke Skywalker was the well-built‚ blonde haired‚ blue eyed stereotypical American farmer of the time of Star Wars’ production. Today‚ western civilisation considers Neo an idol for modern boys. Neo is the
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“The star spangled banner” The composer is: Francis Scott Key. He is known for writing the lyrics to the national anthem. Born on August 1‚ 1779‚ in Frederick County‚ Maryland‚ Francis Scott Key became a lawyer who witnessed the British attack on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The fort withstood the day-long assault‚ inspiring Key to write a poem that would become the future U.S. national anthem‚ "The Star-Spangled Banner." Key later served as a district attorney for Washington‚ D.C. He died
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The Lord of the Rings‚ published in 1954‚ tells the tale of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins on his quest to destroy the One Ring‚ an all-encompassing evil device. Star Wars‚ the Epic Space Opera released in 1977‚ weaves a powerful story of Anakin Skywalker‚ and his journey from the light side to the dark‚ on his quest to bring balance to The Force. These two characters both exhibit many of the same qualities‚ from
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playwright of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s takes place in Scotland‚ Europe at Macbeth’s castle. The galactic‚ futuristic saga of Star Wars written in 1977 by George Lucas takes place all around the galaxy. Both big creations even to this day and have very similar characters. The character from Macbeth is Macbeth and from Star Wars is Anakin Skywalker‚ their personality traits favor a lot. Not only do these two parallel but the supporting characters were very similar. The characters
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