Response BLog to October Sky

Today, some 125 students watched the movie "October Sky", I was one of them. It's a very interesting story about a boy, Homer H. where he is in high school and he becomes intrigued by the works of rockets. With three other school friends, they continuously try and try to make a rocket. There was a lot of connections to make and facts to state, such as dangers like coal mining increases the chance of cancer. This is due to all that time of breathing in the cold air. Also, there is a chance that the coal mine might explode or collapse and you'll die or get stuck. In this movie, Sputnik and the Russians were also mentioned, the whole thought of making a rocket was actually based on the Sputnik that was visible to Homer and the town for a small portion of time. It was a very big deal to everyone back then because it was the first successful satellite, and many got to see it while it was boosted into space. Math was the "base" of the story because nothing could've happened without it. Math was used to calculate the needs and power of the rocket, and it was even used to prove the boys innocence in the cause of a fire. It took a lot cooperation, responsibility, and patience for the boys to finally dominate the conflicts of getting a rocket to fly. Yet there was also many traits that weren't showed in certain people like self-control, when one of the boys fathers beat him because he was crafting the rocket. And there was no respect in Homer's dad's eyes because he wanted Homer to follow in his footsteps as a miner. Another interesting fact is that this story took place in a town that was completley owned by the coal mining company.