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Iron Man Research Paper

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What do you call a “genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist”? Marvel’s Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark! Also known as Iron Man. He was born to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark, owners of the prominent US firm, Stark Industries. As a boy, Tony was fascinated with building and controlling machines. At the age of 15, Tony entered the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and graduated with two master’s degrees by age 19. Tony went to work for Stark Industries, but showed more interest in living a reckless playboy lifestyle than using his engineering skills. At the age of 21, Tony inherited Stark Enterprises when his parents were killed in a car accident secretly orchestrated by rival corporation Republic Oil (later ROXXON). Still lacking in business acumen, Tony promoted secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts to be his executive assistant and left the majority of his …show more content…

For instance, he never gives up when the Iron Man suit keeps failing. And even though it caught fire many times, he never gave up and keeps trying to improve the suit. He is very meticulous to detail. When the government threatens to take away the Iron Man suit he replies, “My armor was never a distraction or a hobby, it was a cocoon, and now I'm a changed man. You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys, but one thing you can't take away - I am Iron Man. (Iron Man, 2013)”
Extraversion is the tendency toward positive emotions and sociability. Tony seems to be low in extraversion. Even though he loves to talk about himself, he doesn’t like to be around social events. He always talks about leaving early and tries to avoid speaking to others. And when he does speak to others he is always sarcastic. When the strawberry vendor hands strawberries to Tony, he says, “I don't like people handing me things just put it down there. (Iron Man,

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