The Importance Of Overcoming Adversity In The Film 'October Sky'

I recite, “success doesn't come easy, success must be earned, success requires determination.” Everyone has an endeavour to become extraordinary. In spite of this, many people do not possess the obligatory attributes to accomplish an aim or motive in their lives. In the film “October Sky,” Homer Hickam the protagonist overcame a sequence of calamities along his journey to become a successful rocket fabricating engineer. He clawed his way out of an ‘unenlightened cave’ where coal mining was his only fate. Where there lacked serendipity, there was no hope for someone as impecunious and unfortunate as him to become successful. The two utmost points of discussion I will address consist of Homer overcoming adversity and a connection through a powerful quote. Homer Hickam overcame

Specifically from the quote by Ms.Riley “sometimes you really can't listen to what anybody else says. You just gotta listen inside.”

No one who has ever lived, has been competent to reach their aspirations or become successful effortlessly- every single person has had to fight for what they want, and has had to rise to the challenges they face and overcome them. Success is simply unconceivable to achieve without subduing and overcoming adversity. For instance, in the film “October Sky,” Homer Hickam had a sequence of hardships he had to face, particularly between his father, John Hickam. The specific quote “He has no idea what he wants to be. But I know what he is. He’s a menace… and a damn thief” displays his father’s resentment towards Homer’s passion for rocket building. His father disregarded Homer’s ability to construct such intricate rockets without hesitation. Not to mention the fact that he had explicitly called the rockets “fool things” and threw out all of Homer’s rocket building tools in the pouring rain, saying it’s “right where they belong.” The amount of discouragement, disrespectfulness, and