A Touched Movie---October Sky

This is a true story, and this film was showed on in 1999. A kid,Homer Hickam, is pursuing for his future. He would rather be a scientist than work in the local coalmine like his father. In October 1957, when he sees the first artificial satellite, he makes up his mind to achieve his aim.

With that event, Homer works with his classmates, and they tried and tried again. At the beginning, Homer's father thinks that they are wasting their time, so he disprove what they do. Only one female teacher understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become competitions in the national science fair with college scholarships. Actually, he and his class mates begin making rockets, which they fly from a patch of barren land eight miles out of town. Unfortunately, when they are noticed, the poice accuse them of making fire because of the rocket. But Homer arithmetics and proves that the murderers are not them. After that, their preident support their experiment. Finally, Homer and his campanions win the prize, and all the people in the town are proud of him, including his father.

To sum up, I have to say October Sky is a touched movie, for Homer persists in his dream, and makes it possible. In this film, the inspiration is what I have to learn. I am really enjoyful for the effort, I think he can achieve his acheivement, so I can.

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Just to whet your curiosity (and get you to read the book to find out the real and much more detailed story) here are some Rocket Boys truths:
1.Homer's name is not Homer in the book. He used his nickname, "Sonny." His mother gave him the nickname but the Great Six (his Coalwood school teachers) had their own ideas on how it should be spelled

2.Homer's Dad's name is not John, it is Homer. Homer, Jr. (Sonny) was named after his father

3.The Rocket Boys were a group of SIX boys not four

4.The Rocket Boys never stole railroad tracks for rocket supply money. They did, however, go after the cast iron pipe underneath the tracks. Homer almost lost his life doing it

5.Homer did not quit school to go work in the mines

6.The Rocket Boys did not win scholarships to go to college. They received, however, a far greater gift

The truth's soruce :http://www.homerhickam.com/movies/