October Sky Blog

I recently watched the movie October Sky in class. This movie is about a boy named Homer who becomes inspired to create rockets after seeing Sputnik in the sky at night. When Homer begins creating rockets his father becomes disappointed because he believes that Homer is playing around and that the rockets aren't important. Homers father wants Homer to work in the mines just like he does as his job. Homer refuses to work in the mines and he continues to make rockets and set them off. Homer and his partners get arrested later on because the police think that one of his rockets set off a fire. Homer uses mathematical equations to prove to the police and the principal that it is not possible for one of his rockets to land where the fire started. Everyone soon finds out that the fire was started by a flare coming from a nearby airport. Homer goes to a Science fair later in the story where he wins for his fantastic explanation of how he got his rockets to work. In October Sky, Homer was lacking the respect that he deserved. Especially the respect that he needed to be appreciated by his father. His father didn't respect Homer because he didn't believe that the rockets would get Homer anywhere in life and that since Homer was not good at football, he should go work in the mines. Homer's dad never went to any of Homers rocket launches until the one at then end. I enjoyed this movie as it showed how a boy can get to excellence from determination.