Analyzing Homer Hickam's October Sky

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Imagine living in the 1950s, when the very first spacecraft is sent into space, you would be extremely fascinated. That's exactly the way Homer Hickam felt in the movie October Sky, the movie was based on a true story and was directed/created by Joe Johnson. In the movie Homer was so fascinated by Sputnik that he wanted to create a rocket himself, he went through a lot of struggles trying to get people to appreciate him and his work but he did earn the appreciation over time. He first gained the trust, approval from his friends. Roy Lee, Quentin, and Odell all had their doubts about it and they got into multiple fights. At the beginning, Roy Lee and Odell didn’t follow Homer's attempts to build rockets because Homer was working with Quentin. Quentin was known as the know it all nerd of their school and everyone hated/picked on him because of it. Homer didn’t care about his image or Quentin's, all he wanted to do was build rockets. Although his other friends did not follow him right away they accepted Quentin and they started to work on rockets together. …show more content…

When they had their first rocket that actually flew without exploding they had a lot of popularity but the police thought they caused a forest fire so they were forced to stop building rockets. Homer gave up for a while, but his friends really encouraged him to try again as well as his teacher. Homer's dad then got in an accident and his family no longer had a money income, so Homer “Graduated” from high school to go work in the mines. While in the mine Homer was inspired to study again and he found the equation that told him where his rocket would have landed, there for proving the police

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