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A Dream In Homer Hickam's October Sky
In the movie “October Sky” by Joe Johnston, which is based on a true story written by Homer Hickam Jr. there was a boy with a dream to reach the stars. Homer Hickam watched the first artificial satellite Sputnik launch into space. The launch made Homer realize that he wanted to build a rocket of his own. Homer had faced many obstacles, people, and he even had to sacrifice his dreams. I think the theme should be - Dream’s are worth fighting for, but sometimes sacrifices are needed. One reason I think this, is when Homer realizes that he wanted to build a rocket, he pursued that dream. He gathered his closest friends, Roy Lee, and O’dell to help him. And of course no one knew how to build a rocket so Homer decided to reach out to the school geek, Quentin. Quentin didn’t have many friends, and was a really weird kid but Homer didn’t care, he needed his help building the rockets. Homer went over to Quentin at lunch, everyone staring at him sat down at his table and asked for help. Homer sacrificed his popularity and decided that he didn’t care about what anyone thought to start the “Rocket Boys”. …show more content…
He can’t do it in town because there is a danger of faulty rockets that could danger the coal mines. He told Homer that he should go into the coal business, but Homer said no, and that he won't give up. Then Homer remembered that there is an abandoned field that is 8 miles out of town so it’s safe for the Rockets Boys you try all types of model rockets. To build the rockets the Rocket Boys reached out to Mr. Wachowski a welder to help build most models, before he died in a mining accident. The first few models were a huge failure but the boys knew that they can’t give

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