October Sky Analysis
Thuc Pham
Professor Colleen
AE 20C
January 23, 2013
A Dream Come True Colin Powell once said,“ A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Even though hard work is essential for making dreams come true, hard work alone cannot guarantee success. October Sky, directed by Joe Johnston, is about a hardworking young man named Homer Hickam who grew up in Coalwood and aspired to become a miner like his father, John Hickam. Everything changes when he witnesses the launch of Sputnik into space. From that point on, he becomes obsessed with building rockets and actually gets his friends involved in it too. Homer and his friends come together and create a team also known as the Rocket Boys. With the …show more content…
In this case, Homer is a determined young man from Coalwood who is willing to do what it takes to reach his dream, but he cannot accomplish his goal alone with out the help from others. With the support from his friends, and the community he is able to overcome his obstacles. He is willing to look for help even though it means to ruin his reputation. He ignores criticism one after another including his father’s disapproval. When life knocks him down, and it seen like there is no hope, he does not give up. After all the challenges Homer was able to win first place in the National Science Fair, went to college and became a NASA engineer. Determination is also an important; just like what my friend John was in order to accomplish his goal. He set his mind on one goal and with his dedication to the goal; he was able to accomplish it. As determine as John was, he was able to attend the college of his dream and currently working on his degree. The four main keys for making a dream come true is to be determined, to search for help, to ignore the criticism, and to not give up when the situation gets tough. There will always be difficulties on the way to our dreams, it is how much we are willing to sacrifice that
Professor Colleen
AE 20C
January 23, 2013
A Dream Come True Colin Powell once said,“ A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Even though hard work is essential for making dreams come true, hard work alone cannot guarantee success. October Sky, directed by Joe Johnston, is about a hardworking young man named Homer Hickam who grew up in Coalwood and aspired to become a miner like his father, John Hickam. Everything changes when he witnesses the launch of Sputnik into space. From that point on, he becomes obsessed with building rockets and actually gets his friends involved in it too. Homer and his friends come together and create a team also known as the Rocket Boys. With the …show more content…
In this case, Homer is a determined young man from Coalwood who is willing to do what it takes to reach his dream, but he cannot accomplish his goal alone with out the help from others. With the support from his friends, and the community he is able to overcome his obstacles. He is willing to look for help even though it means to ruin his reputation. He ignores criticism one after another including his father’s disapproval. When life knocks him down, and it seen like there is no hope, he does not give up. After all the challenges Homer was able to win first place in the National Science Fair, went to college and became a NASA engineer. Determination is also an important; just like what my friend John was in order to accomplish his goal. He set his mind on one goal and with his dedication to the goal; he was able to accomplish it. As determine as John was, he was able to attend the college of his dream and currently working on his degree. The four main keys for making a dream come true is to be determined, to search for help, to ignore the criticism, and to not give up when the situation gets tough. There will always be difficulties on the way to our dreams, it is how much we are willing to sacrifice that