The film “October Sky” based on a true story, shows a young man named Homer Hickam, facing numerous adversities as he strives to become successful. The 1950’s space race between United States and The Soviet Union, encourages Homer to possibly pursue a career in rocket building. In a town where the main line of work was coal mining, Homer’s aspiration towards rocket building become troublesome. Throughout the film, Homer is discouraged and made fun of for working towards an ambition other than coal mining. This however, did not demoralise Homer as he continues to attempt at rocket building alongside his companions with the same goal. Homer is confronted by several challenges including, failure, peer pressure, absence of self-belief, discouragement, …show more content…
Homer’s rebellious actions come as an astonishment to John, and this as a result causes a conflict between the two. An example of this conflict would be Homer yelling to his father, “There's nothing here for me! The town is dying, even the mine is dying...EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BUT YOU!”. John, furiously says “You want to get out so bad, then go. Go!”, Homer, in anger replies with “Yeah, I’ll go! Yeah, I’ll go! And I'll be gone forever! I won't even look back!”. The only way for Homer to overcome this conflict is to disregard his father, and remain focused on the task at hand. This is obviously not an easy thing for anybody to do. Nonetheless, Homer must become oblivion to the negativity that comes from his father and the rest of Coalwood. Another example of the challenges that Homer had to overcome would including building a rocket itself. Although inspired by the launch of Sputnik I, Homer, who was once a jock, had no clue how to build a rocket. Putting his reputation as a jock on the line, Homer decided to gain knowledge about rocketry from Quentin, the nerd of the school. By conversing with Quentin, Homer’s reputation in the school begins to decline. This however, did not discourage Homer as he continues to be equally …show more content…
The film itself, teaches the viewers about concepts such as courage, determination, and hard work. To overcome adversities, I, similarly to Homer have used courage, determination, and hard work which I have talked about in the paragraphs above. Homer is forced to make decisions that are very tough in order to succeed, such as, contradicting with his father’s wishes. Adversities can be overcome in all sorts of ways which can be seen through Homer’s experiences, along with mine. At the end of the day, overcoming adversities may cause challenges in itself, but is worth all the pain in the
Sunrise Over Fallujah takes place in Iraq in 2001; during this time the US was at war with Iraq. This war was extremely harsh for many people, including Iraqis and American soldiers. There is a lot of historical evidence that appears in the novel. The social aspect is accurate because of the way the characters interacted with each other. The cultural aspect is authentic because of the weather they encountered, the food they ate, and the information about the area. The truthfulness of the intellectual side of characters is hard to determine because they are fictional characters but they experienced some psychological feelings similar to those of other military veterans. The information in Sunrise Over Fallujah is close to historically accurate.
April Morning, by Howard Fast, is a novel that depicts what it was like for a 15 year old boy, Adam Cooper, fighting in the Revolutionary War in Lexington. His struggles began with his father, who is the antagonist, Moses Cooper. Moses Cooper is a character who is strict, strong-willed, and loving.
Summer at Devon is easygoing as teachers mellow out and the rule enforcement dwindles, such carefree behavior represents childhood; Devon’s winter session is ultimately more strict and level, emphasizing the mood in adulthood. As the sun shines bright, tension unravels and everyone at Devon loosens up including the teachers as Gene explains on page 23, “Now on these clear June days in New Hampshire they appeared to uncoil, they seemed to believe that we were with them about half of the time, and only spent the other half trying to makes fools of them.” The summer days are filled with happy-go-lucky antics that seem to come with no serious consequence; exactly how a young child would spend everyday of his life as a youthful boy. There is no
Hope and joy can be hard to find especially when times are tough. This is a situation in Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse , the character Billy Jo and her family are living in the time of the Dust Bowl and are struggling financially . Her father is a farmer in a time where nothing grows and after an accident Billy Jo’s mother passes away. This is a big part of Billy Jo is effected emotionally and shows seems very sad. Billy Jo has to move and has to move on and find joy and hope even in tough times.
Frederick Douglass previously professed “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” I conducted this quote with the Odyssey because in this series of novels Odysseus struggles on his voyage home. But with every struggle he came closer and closer to fulfilling his expedition to the explicit end. In Homer’s The Odyssey the main character Odysseus wrestles with his pride, marital faithfulness similar to people today, and him and his crew fight with the temptation of laziness.
Imagine living alone at 16, thousands of miles from your only family, no friends, and trying to gain land of your own. Hattie Brooks did just that, she was always known as Hattie Here-and-There because her parents died when she was young and she was shipped from relative to relative. She was bound to change that. She wanted something of her own, she wanted a home. So, in 1918 after receiving a letter leaving a homestead claim to her from a long lost uncle Chester she packed up all she owned and moved to Montana. She quickly found out how difficult and demanding farm life was. In order to own the land officially she had to prove up which included having to set 480 rods of fence, cultivate one eighth of land, and pay thirty-seven seventy-five
Once, a wise soul has spoken, “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful”. Adversity means having troubles and difficulties. It’s what you need to persevere through in order to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time. If you want to pass that test, you’ve gotta conquer your fears and fight through all the troubles that arrive in front of you. Become your own hero. Adversity is a situation that took place in the novel “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton.
When a nation is divided, so are it’s people. The American Civil War demonstrates this because of the two divided sides: the union and confederacy. In The Killer Angles it is extremely evident that the people and nation are divided. The novel portrays the different perspectives and opinions of soldiers and commanding officers throughout the Battle of Gettysburg. In the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, James Longstreet fought for glory, Robert E. Lee fought for his homeland, and Joshua Chamberlain fought for an ideal. First, we will evaluate Longstreet’s motives.
“Children embodied innocence and the promise of America's future and were depicted by many artists and writers during the 1870s. Here Homer reminisces about rural simplicity and reflects on the challenges of the complex post–Civil War world. Released from the confines of a one-room schoolhouse, exuberant boys engage in a spirited game. As the population shifted to cities and the little red schoolhouse faded from memory, this image would have evoked nostalgia for the nation's agrarian past. The boys' bare feet signal childhood's freedom but their suspenders are associated with manhood's responsibilities. Their game, which requires teamwork, strength, and calculation, may allude to the reunited nation. Observed from right to left, Homer's boys hang on to one another, strain to stay connected, run in perfect harmony, and fall
War is a very tough and gruesome thing that people have to deal with even though no one likes it. It takes a special person to enlist and go fight for their country. Someone who's tough and can handle seeing the things they have to see day after day, no matter what just to defend their country. Now imagine being only fifteen and sneaking into the army just to do what's right and needs to be done. It was the mid 1940's while WWII is raging through Europe as Hitler and his numerous followers and soldiers are terrorizing mainly the Jewish population killing millions. Jack Raab, a fifteen year old boy, dreams of being a hero, so when he hears about what's going on he sees it as his chance to be one. Leaving his family in New York with his brothers
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.
Did you know that people all around the world are forced to battle with an ongoing illness every day of their lives? It is important for every patient to be looked after and offered the best options so they could get back to living a happy and normal life. Any individual should receive undivided attention and support through their long exhausting battle, which will lead them to a clean bill of health. In the book The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green, he develops the idea that young cancer patients must endure many uphill battles during their path to recovery. Initially, Hazel and Augustus prove that relationships are hard to keep up with, but they know they are devoted to be together. However, a true friendship can last forever if it is based on pure honesty. Hazel and Augustus's distinct personalities lead them to forget about their flaws and put their love for each other first which makes them contribute to their own hardships.
The Odyssey is filled with emotion and adventure. Homer’s ability to show and give the reader a visual of each and every scene gives the story its unbelievable significance. To all the people who read his work there is something to be captured within every sentence, each one different in its own, unique way. Through tales of courage and defeat, friendship and love this book tells of all the values within the life of a single, solitary man, and his journey to attain what is true and dear to him. And this journey is known to all of us as The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a test of human devotion and trust through the gods, the mortals, and the obstacles through which they venture. No matter where they go or what they do, humans are tested for certain characteristics everyday of their lives, whether they realize it or not; and The Odyssey is just one of those many miraculous tests.
The great man of exploits, leader of the crew, commands his men to pack up and sail away. However, they are entranced by the lotus plant, so they do not listen to their leader. The plant makes them lose all their determination, and the only thing they desire is the lotus. The leader sees how this goes against their whole mission, to return home. He corrals his reluctant men, and drags them back to the ship. They are begging to stay, but the man knows deep in his heart that this is in their best interests. It is moments like this in Homer’s Odyssey that demonstrate the type of person our epic hero is and how he differs from his crew. In “Courage vs. Boldness: How to Live With Spartan Bravery” by Brett and
Howard Hughes appears to be the world’s most brilliant and eccentric aviator and movie director in the film The Aviator (Mann & Scorsese, 2004). He is admired, wealthy and powerful. However, throughout the course of the film, his eccentricities lead to significant impairment. Paranoia, impulsivity and fears of contamination plague his thoughts and behaviors. He becomes unable to cope with being in public and he cannot maintain personal or professional relationships. As a result, Howard is left isolated, losing his social support and success. It is evident that he has symptoms that are characteristic of both obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar I disorder. His behaviors become so impairing and distressing that they impact every sphere of