October Sky Blog

October Sky was a very thought-provoking movie and I was impacted by this movie. The events in this movie took place in October 5, 1957 and most of those events were connected to science and math. One connection was that this movie showed a group of boys wanted to build rockets and launch them however, one of the boys named Homer Hakim had a father who despised the idea of his son building those rockets. Instead, Homer's father wanted him to work in the coal mines just like he did but that wasn't what Homer had in mind. Homer and his friends decided to enter a rocket in the science fair after being inspired by Miss Riley who was one of the teachers. Every time the friends made a rocket, they kept improving it to make it better. Homer and his friends were determined to win the science fair and never stopped believing in themselves. Also in this movie, many character traits were displayed and not displayed by different characters. For example, Homer's father didn't show respect for Homer because he didn't support Homer with what he wanted to do which was to build rockets. In addition, Homer showed self-control because when his father told him that he wasn't happy about the idea of his son building rockets, Homer controlled his feelings and just came up with a new idea to solve that problem. Lastly, this movie was a very intresting movie with a powerful meaning to it abd it impacted me by sending me a message saying that I should just believe in myself to do things i want to do in life. ~Vikinggirl15