Anakin Skywalker was a Force-sensitive human male who served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight‚ and later the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Believed to have been conceived by the Force‚ he was born to Shmi Skywalker into a life of slavery on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine. He and his mother both belonged to a Toydarian junk dealer named Watto. At a young age‚ Skywalker was discovered by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi Wan Kenobi‚ who freed Anakin from slavery and brought the boy into their
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Pussi Riot Who are they? Eccentric teenagers who wanted to become famous by their amoral behavior‚ glorified protestants against the totalitarian regime of Putin who successfully managed to attract attention of whole European society to the problems of dictation in Russia or Putin’s action against opposition? The minds split. One group of people believes that behavior of this girls was well-planned anti-Putin’s action‚ which should attract attention by its scandalousness. If it is‚ we can surely
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Obesity: Who is at Fault? Name University of International Business and Economics Obesity: Who is at Fault? It is no secret that an increasing amount of Americans are gaining weight and much of this blame is put on fast food establishments such as McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ Burger King‚ and Krystal’s‚ to name a few. According to Warren Belasco and Philip Scranton (2002)‚ “The increasing consumption of convenience foods is an international trend influenced by changing lifestyles” (p. 3) From a superficial
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Norman Rockwell was an artist in the mid 20th century who was famous for his illustrations on the front cover of The Saturday Evening Post where he displayed his ability to create for almost 50 years. Although he was a more than talented artist he described himself as an illustrator more than an artist. Rockwell would have agreed with Clive Bell who argued there was a difference between art and illustration. Rockwell was right in containing himself to illustration due to his style‚ incentives‚ and
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think that Hitler and the Nazis were the only ones to blame‚ but Hitler could not have pulled off the Holocaust without the unwitting help of residents‚ Europeans‚ and leaders of other countries. The least responsible of these groups are the residents who denied the existence of the Holocaust or knew about it and did not do anything to help stop it. As Wiesel states‚ "But I wanted to come back to warn you. Only no one is listening to me” (7). This was said by Moishe the Beadle‚ a resident of Elie Wiesel’s
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HMHS Britannic and the RMS Olympic. Inside the ship‚ were three classes‚ first‚ second and third. There were 689 passengers in first class‚ 674 passengers in second class and around 1‚026 in third. Third class back in that time was for the passengers who could not afford
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Atticus Finch has a very humble heart. He’s a very respected man in the community but has never acted as if he were better than anyone. Although most of Maycomb turned their back on him once he began to defend Tom Robinson‚ he still respected them for who they are; he claimed that "they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions." Atticus’s morality shines through many times in the novel. Not only does he choose to respect the town for their opinions‚ but he also says‚ "they’re still our friends
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Malcom X Javier Figueroa Lynn University Judaism There are several public figures in this world who are considered to be famous and some who existed a long time ago whose names are still alive and current. Some of them have different ideologies. One famous person who was known for his ideologies was Malcom X‚ an individual who was protesting against the racism of white people against the black population‚ and the unfair inequality that existed as a result of it. Unlike Martin Luther
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considered science fiction at the time and yet they were still able to build them with the little they had. But there are more than one theories of who they actually are. Most people will tell you the ancient egyptians were the makers of this enormous monument but other groups think differently. There is a percentage of people that believe aliens were the ones who created the pyramids. Some believe this because of how advanced the pyramids were for its time and lacked the proper tools and knowledge to complete
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Angela Ahrendts is the senior vice president of retail and online stores for Apple Inc and former chief executive officer of Burberry. She is awarded to be one of the world’s most prestigious business women and in 2013 she was named the highest paid chief executive at a FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) company. She was born on June 12‚ 1960 and grew up in a small town in New Palestine‚ Indiana. Growing up she always wanted to become a fashion designer‚ as she studied at Indiana’s Ball State
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