Homer Hickam's memoir, "October Sky," provides an insightful and inspiring look into the life of a young man growing up in a small coal-mining town in West Virginia and his pursuit of a dream that seemed impossible to achieve. The book chronicles Hickam's journey from...
In the book “October Sky”, there’s a common theme throughout the book, Determination. Sonny and the Rocket Boys would often have an issue with their rockets. They never lost hope, never gave up, and kept going, determined to overcome their issues within rocket building, school,...
October Sky, Witness, and Good Morning Vietnam all had strong themes of individualism versus conformity. Each protagonist in the respective films chose to be an individual rather than to conform to a standard. In each film the protagonist has an inner conflict in which he...
Making a Dream Come True Everybody has a dream. Not everybody has the characteristics to make a dream come true. We hear about successful stories all around us, as if making a dream come true were so easy, but in reality we know making a...