October Sky Film Analysis

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Astronauts became to be seen as the latest American heroes, and the earth-bound men and women seemed to truly enjoy experiencing vicariously through them. Soviets, in turn, were created as the ultimate villains, with their massive, unremitting efforts to exceed America and prove the power of the communist system. Astronauts became to be seen as the latest American heroes, and the earth-bound men and women seemed to truly enjoy experiencing vicariously through them. Soviets, in turn, were created as the ultimate villains, with their massive, unremitting efforts to exceed America and prove the power of the communist system. Inside the movie, The Right Stuff first covers a gentleman named Chuck Yeager breaking of the sound barrier. This was after the Soviets successfully launched the Sputnik satellite during the year 1959. The United States understood that they maybe show catch up. Following all the rigorous …show more content…

However, the challenges to find the password to enter into or hack the school's dated base and a friend. David challenges the computer to play a hope war game between the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union, but he quickly realized that the computer network is playing a real game. During the movie October Sky, it first covers a kid named Homer Hickam from a mining town called Coalwood, he was only whole one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father, However, everything changes for Homer while the first artificial satellite, goes into orbit. Homer grows very inspired to learn more about how to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, only one teacher in his high school understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the

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