In the movie October Sky, a young boy named Homer Hickam lived in a little town called Coalwood in West Virginia. He had the determination: to build and shoot off his own rockets by “Sputnik” that was orbiting around the sky. Homer’s dad, John, wasn 't so thrilled with his idea of building these rockets and said it was a waste time to try building his own rocket. He wanted Homer to follow in his footsteps and work in the mines. With the help of his friends and teachers, Homer continued to pursue his dream. Although the Hickman family may differ from my family because of the era we live in today, there are still many similarities.
To begin with, Mrs. Hickman is a hard working stay-at-home mom who loves the inspiration of art, and dreams about
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Hickam, my mom is hard working, artistic and supportive. For example, my mom is always at all of my games, encouraging me to always try harder and do my best. My mom also helps me with getting things I need and keeping me updated with things that are going on with family. In addition to that, she makes sure my Dad is aware of what is going on with my game schedules, and makes sure he attends some of my games.
My father shares some of the characteristics of Homer’s father John Hickam. John is a busy man who lives his life in the mines to provide care and support to his family every day and night, sun up and sundown. Observing his employees’ safety and production. John is so overly obsessed with his job that he never finds the time to do other things with his family such as going to see Homer fly his rockets.
This relates closely to my Dad, because he’s always being occupied with work and making sure the place is being run properly and everyone is doing their job correctly. This gives him little time to participate in many of things going on such as soccer games and after-school activities. Homer 's Dad and my dad are also similar because my Dad wants his kids to grow up as respected hardworking citizens that work as hard as he