October Sky

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October Sky is a movie by Joe Johnston that includes a character named Homer Hickam, a boy attending high school and has an interest for space and astronomy. This interest sparked from him seeing Sputnik launch into the sky. Although his dad doesn’t exactly believe in his interests, Homer still persists and follows his dream. That’s what our theme is-never give up on what you love doing.

The start of his studies weren’t very easy. His first rockets went up a couple inches (at best), and his friends who were helping him build started to get tired of his crap. More specifically, they were getting tired of how persistent Homer was and they just wanted to go home and eat a burger or something. Their teacher, Ms. Riley, was the one who believed in Homer the most. She encouraged the boys to continue doing what they love, and to keep trying. Homer was extremely grateful for her, because she was a huge inspiration to him. She always tried to make it to their rocket launches. They were starting to make their mark on this little town!
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The four boys had launched a rocket into the forest, and a little bit later a fire had started, supposedly by the rocket. The school principal found out, and he was extremely unhappy. Police were called and they arrested the boys. Homer was devastated. I would be too-they’d come so far and now it was all going down the drain way too fast. Later on that week, the boys found out that the fire was caused by something else-a missile of some sort. Homer went out into the woods with his friends and discovered their rocket, lying nose-down in the stream. They had proof that they didn’t start the

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