Rocket Boys

Returning to school after having been in the newspaper, the Rocket Boys discover that they are treated a bit differently. The football players are no longer the heroes, and while they have not achieved the level of hero yet, they are better off. The school curriculum has changed due to Sputnik with hours of homework every night. In addition to this, Sonny is trying to learn calculus and other math in order to be able to launch his rockets better. Miss Riley is his chemistry teacher who one day…

structure. The film centers around Will Stronghold, son of the two greatest superheroes in the world, the Commander and the Jetstream. The main problem will goes through is not having powers. In the film, Will Strongfield is just an average teenage boy, but that is a problem because his parents are the greatest superheroes in the world, the Commander and Jetstream, or Steve and Josie Stronghold. On his first day of freshman year at Sky High, a superhero school in the sky, all students have to…

Extended Metaphor Assignment Rational John Hickam, the father of the lead character Homer Hickam in the movie October Sky, possesses many personality traits and characteristics which are developed, changed, and evolved throughout the film. The three evident key traits that he seems to have which have been modified throughout the movie are his values, his personality type, and his expectations. The format that I chose to represent the values of John Hickam is a drawing, as his values are one…

Two characters that draw close comparisons are that of Homer Hickam in Rocket Boys and Eddie’s father in The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The men have similarities in their work, and their relationships with their families. Through comparison of these characters, their vocations along with relationships with their families will show how they parallel. Both Homer Hickam and Eddie’s father are men that have jobs that involve manual labor. Homer worked in the coal mines, and Eddie’s father…

In the novel Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr. there are many themes shown throughout, such as man vs. society, family relationships as well as hopes and dreams. The most important theme to me is the way the family sticks together even through their differences. How the family relationships were portrayed through each chapter really made the book more interesting to read since everyone always had an input on something. I will be writing about the relationships Sonny has with his family and how…

was fascinated when he saw a rocket go into space at night and he wanted to do the same thing. He became fascinated in rockets and wanted to build them though his father told him not to. He followed what he wished for and he ended up getting the right team and all the needed parts for the rocket. He ended up winning the science fair and getting a scholarship to college so he didn't have to work in the mines. The rocket was a great success and he was famous for his rocket and what he had…

When he was just two, the world war began and Emmy left her husband and took the boys to Krakow, an Austrian city. Magnus wrote to them while they were staying in Krakow and told her to go to Zinnowitz, by the Baltic Sea because Austria was becoming more dangerous. Not long after this move, they all reunited and stayed in Wirsitz. Magnus received a new job, sending him to Lithuania ad Poland, so the boys and Emmy moved to Grenzow for a year where they saw Magnus only on rare visits. Magnus…

Humans are inquisitive creatures who have reached beyond the stars to satisfy their curiosity. In particular, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a government agency that oversees U.S. aeronautics and aerospace programs and research, wants to “reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind” (Wilson). NASA has been a national icon for space exploration for nearly 60 years (Simpson). In the 20th century, the U.S. engaged in the space race, a…

Betrayal of Erb Erb was dangling off his tower needing help to get back up, but Dude Man had to do something because he needed to stop the machine but him and Erb go way back and he wanted to save his friend. It all started at a science convention where two twenty year old scientists were showing off their invention of how to help global warming. But they didn’t get first, so when they were driving back home they were arguing at each other saying that it was your fault and they would both say…

The rocket was invented during the 1200s by the Chinese Mongols. These individuals built small rockets originally for fire works. Over the next 700 years however, the rocket evolved. People began to make bigger and stronger rockets, where they were beginning to be used in warfare, causing the invention to take a turn for the worse. However, in the late 1900s, NASA began an operation trying to land men on the moon before the Soviets did using the rocket. This task at hand had never been achieved…