"October Sky"

I recently watched the movie "October Sky". The movie was about a young man who had a dream to build rockets. This young man went through many challenges to pursue this dream and although he came close to giving up, he did successfully fulfill his dream of building rockets. In the movie, the young man, Homer Hickam, lives in a coal mining town and all the young men in that town are expected to work in the mine when they get older. Mining is very dangerous because it is underground and the coal and such can fall and severely injure the miners. When Homer's father is injured in a mine, Homer feels the need to take over his father's place. By doing this, Homer is letting go of his dreams and it doesn't help that Homer and his friends are being blamed for a local forest fire . Homer's father later recovers and Homer realizes he did not cause the fire. This leads Homer to go back to creating rockets and he later wins a science fair and gets into college. The mines that Homer's father worked in and that are world wide are very dangerous and I personally feel that there should be more options for people living in mining towns. In this movie, all five Character Education traits are shown. Cooperation is shown when the four boys work together to create rockets. Assertion is shown when Homer shows that the people of the mining towns can pursue their dreams and grow up to be something different than a miner. Respect is shown when Homer's teacher really respects his idea of building rockets and even helps him. Empathy is shown by Homer's mother when she understands how badly Homer wants to build rockets and lets him do so and she supports him and doesn't let him give up. Self control is shown when Homer finds out that he may have caused a fire and can no longer build rockets. Although he was let down, Homer did not get out of control. In conclusion, this movie was very encouraging and had a strong message telling me to follow my dreams.
This blog is based on the movie "October Sky"