October Sky: Challenges the Rockey Boys Faced.

OCTOBER SKY

Through out the movie October Sky the Rocket Boys faced many obstacles that they didn't always pass through quickly. But in the end they overcame those and proved to be successful. Through these unsuccessful and successful events the Rocket Boys challenged themselves and the people around them to believe in the unbelievable. If everyone thought they were to grow up to be miners like everyone else in the town of Coalwood, then they certainly proved them wrong.

One thing that they faced that was unsuccessful was the launching of their first rocket. In launching their first rocket all that happened was they blew up a section of Homer's fence. Many people would have just given up there, figuring they'd caused enough trouble and were unlikely to make one fly anyways. But not Homer. He sought out a fellow classmate, Quentin, who knew about rockets for help.

With Quentin's help the boys were able to make a rocket that flew, but this brings us to another down point. Whilst the rocket flew, it flew right through the mine, thoroughly upsetting Homer's father, and causing the boys to be banned from launching rockets on company ground. This may not seem like a big deal, except for the fact that the company owned the entire town that they lived in. So from then on the boys had to go 8 miles, out of town to launch anymore rockets.

One day the boys were arrested for starting a fire in Welch with their rockets. Once again many would have given up at this point. Said that it was fun while it lasted. For a while they did too. Homer's dad got hurt not long after the arrest, and Homer dropped out of school to go work in the mine to help support the family. One day after his father was better and back working in the mine Homer visited Ms. Riley. After that visit he started reading about rockets again one night, and with a little help from Quentin was able to use math to prove that they hadn't started the fire in Welch and was able to find the one unaccounted for rocket. This was one of his many successes because in doing it he cleared Rocket Boy's names.

After this Homer enrolled back in school, because in order to enter the science fair you have to be an enrolled student. The Rocket Boys were a success and won the fair. Then in Nationals, after overcoming parts of their display being stolen, the Rocket Boys had another success-----they won the nation science fair.

I think this movie tells the viewer that if you work at something and love what you do, then great things can happen. I think this because the boys lived in a town where their futures were decided for them. They would all grow up and work in the coalmine. A few might get out and go to college on a football scholarship, and that was all. But Homer refused to accept that. Ms. Riley refused to accept that. And eventually Homer's mother refused to accept that. The boys persevered and they all got out of their pre-maid mine destiny to go on to college and do what they chose with their lives.

I think that the movie was sound in its advice, because it wasn't just another of those, "you can do whatever you want kids" type movies, where everything just happens to work out perfectly. They showed that it takes a lot of work to get where you want to go, but in the end its all worth it. It shows that there are going to be times where it seems all hope is lost, and that that's when you have to stay strong, maybe become a little creative and overcome it if you truly want to succeed.

So in conclusion, although the boys had many unsuccessful times they came through. They worked their way around the obstacles they face. They persevered and eventually came out on top.