Dena analysis

Last fall, I watched October Sky Movie in my English class. This movie talks about teenagers’ life in a poor small town called Coalwood in West Virginia. Homer Hickam was the hero of October Sky movie who is a student in high school. He tries to invent a rocket with his friends’ help, but his father is not helpful and always discourages him. Homer’s mother, on the other hand, is very helpful. For example, when her husband had an accident at work, Homer took his father’s place at work to support his poor family. The father wants his son to leave school even after his health improved, but the mother wants her son to continue his education and keep his job. One time, she threatend to leave her husband if he does not support their son. By the end of the movie, he supported his son with his invention and he was proud of him. The parents should always encourage and enhance their children’s ambitions even if it is not the parents ambitions. In this story, Homer’s father is against his son’s goal because he is uneducated person and does not appreciate science. Once he saw his son making tools with his friends for his invention, he got upset and he broke the equipment because he believes his son is wasting time and he should be working instead of going to school. Homer’s mother is more understandable than his father, she was very supportive for her son’s invention and finally she convinced her husband to support their son’s invention and to finish his school. In our time, most teenagers decide their own future because the parents does not pressure their children like old generation. Parents should be supportive for their children’s education future, and do not destroy their ambitions.