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Cape Colewood is where sonny learns about rockets and launches them. This helps him reach his dreams of working for Wernher von Braun making rockets.

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Sonny's House has a connection to the trade-offs in the relationship that his parents have, and the relationship that Sonny has with his parents. For example, when Sonny makes rockets he's trading off the respect that his father had for him, but if he decides to work in the mind, he loses the respect of his mom.

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We see the benefits of having relationships at the dugout. Here, Sonny enjoys his time with his friends and is able to have fun dancing. Through relationships we are also able to see a different side of someone, and determine if they are really our friend.

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Cape Coalwood

Cape Coalwood is the place that Sonny and the rest of the rocket bois go to work to achieve their goals, which can help support their life because it gives them a project to be passionate about, which can keep them both interested and excited thinking about the project.
Cape Coalwood also helps support their lives because they are together there, which can build the boys' relationships with one another as they work together to achieve a common goal, again still fuelling their ambition and passion - although even more so, because they are working together.

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In October Sky many places determined his relationship with people, for example his school determines who his friends are. He meets dorothy there and Ms. Riley. Going to school usually determines who you know and who you’re going to like and not like. He became friends with quentin even though he wasn’t too sure he liked him. His school gave him a way to view people.

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Our relationships are easily segregated due to class and the class struggle shared in common wherever you live, an example of this is Sonny's home town Coalwood being made up primarily of coal miners with similar incomes, so he cannot meet with many non-coalminer adjacent people.

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The Dugout is a perfect example for the question of, Are all relationships equal? For Homer it was his place for freedom and enjoyment, but that all changed when Dorothy showed up with Jim. So that creates another emotional attachment with the Dugout because now it is a place where Sonny was heartbroken but it is also the place where Valentine took initiative. So overall, The Dugout is now a place with mixed feelings instead of just one of freedom.

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Valentine gets with Buck because he has a nice car and is popular. However, she actually likes Sonny. The class difference between Sonny and Buck popularity-wise is enough for Valentine to stay with Buck.

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In October Sky, Sonny had to do many trade-offs for his relationship with Dorthey. For example, he took time out of his way to teach Dorthey what he had been learning to show a little more about him to Dorthey and connect a little more. Another trade-off that Sonny has had to do in  order to keep his romantic relationship with Dorthey is not have one with Valentine. Valentine has always seemed open in a romantic way to Sonny but in order to keep the romantic relationship with Dorthey then he can't fully have one with Valentine. 

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Romantic relationships can be supportive through moral support. If your family is unable to support you and your decisions your romantic partner can be a replacement that is more supportive; for example Valentine is more supportive of Sonny than his brother and father, she is somewhat of a replacement of what his family won't give him. Another example is that Valentine notices Sonny a lot more than his father and his family.

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Not all romantic relationships are equal, because some can be one-sided or have more or less argumentative relationships. One example of this is Sonny's relationships with both Dorothy and Valentine originally. Both were one-sided, but in different ways, because in the former Sonny liked Dorothy but she did not seem to like him, and in the latter Valentine liked Sonny but not the other way around. As an example of a relationship where the people involved don't always get along, we can see Homer and Elsie. They often get in arguments, especially about Sonny, where other couples may not.

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In most people's life, we are always longing for more, and if someone doesn't have the same goals or aspirations that could lead to conflict. We see this in October Sky with the relationship between Elise and Homer. Elise has bigger plans for Sonny, and wants him to get out of Coalwood whereas, Homer wishes he would just stay and be a miner. This conflict is something that causes a constant fight between the two.

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Romantic relationships are determined by how people view each other. Romantic relationships are only romantic if all parties agree that it is romantic. In the case of Homer and Elsie we do not see it as a "Romantic" relationship as Elsie did not join their union (marriage) because of romantic feelings, instead she married him because of a bet.

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Benefits of having romantic relationships are that you have someone that supports you, will listen to you, and someone that you can express your feelings with. Because of Homer and Elsie's romantic relationship they were able to start and raise a family.

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Relationships with heroes depend on how much you have access to them or you do something to catch their attention. Wernher von Braun didn’t notice Homer until he was successful.

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Relationships with heroes vs the relationships without people you see as heroes are not equal, such as how Sonny doesn't view his in person relationships and his idealization of Dr. Von Braun at the same level.

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The trade-offs with someone's relationships with a hero can be very harmful to the relationship. Sonny's become very tunnel-visioned on creating rockets due to his relationship with Dr. Wehrner, and this could be very harmful to Sonny in the foreseeable future. Another problem with this could be the inability to meet them if they are from a position of power or high standing, which would make it difficult for average people to see them or interact with them.

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Having a hero can be good, because they can inspire you. and guide your actions. However, there are also several negative aspects. For one thing, it's not necessarily a good idea to rely on a hero to be a good role model in every aspect. As an example, Sonny idolizes Dr. von Braun, but von Braun is a Nazi, so he is clearly a bad role model - although Sonny sees him as a good role model for rocketry.
Another negative of blindly following a hero is that sometimes they turn out to be bad people if you have any sort of interaction with them, which can shatter your faith in them. Thirdly and lastly, if a hero is someone you know personally, this can affect you negatively because they can have a larger amount of control over your life.

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In the book october sky it showed how hero’s supported lives, an example is Mr.Bykovski supported Sonny as mentor and he teached him how to weld and helping him build rockets and design nozzles. Welding then helped him build rockets.

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Class, religion, race, and culture could determine relationships with heros if there is lack of respect for ones culture, religion, race or culture. We see this shown in October Sky, when Sonny is judgmental of the way Quentin presents himself as a person, and the way he acts.

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Homer's dream pushes him forward to try to attempt to get out of Coalwood and try to make something of himself by building rockets or becoming an engineer. Homer's dream also interferes with his dad's relationship because he wants Homer to work in the mine.

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Some examples of trade-offs in relationships in Rocket Boys would Wernher von Braun. He is someone to look up to however aspiring to be just like him is an impossible standard to look up to. With Isaac Bykovski he learns how to weld from him and Isaac also builds rockets for them. Although, he risks getting in trouble with his father and the company because he’s using company materials.

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All relationships are not equal, we can see that examples from Sonny's life, Mr. Turner, which he is principal for big creek school and Ms. Riley, just teacher of big creek school. I can observe that relationships to Sonny is not equal because Mr. Turner doesn't support building a rocket while Ms. Riley is supports building the rocket.

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In the book, we see that what determines Sonny's relationships is who supports him and his rockets. For example, Bykovski is a mentor of Sonny's because we see him help him, and give him advice throughout the book. Overall, in life your job, personality, and much more can determine the relationships we have through life.

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Benefits of mentor relationships are having someone to get support from, also good advice and guidance. Sonny gets this from Mr. Bykovski starting when he first appears in Chapter Six, and helps Sonny with his rockets despite him not supposed to be doing that and it leading to him getting demoted.

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Relationships support our lives by giving us examples of what we could become and help us reach our goal and become an unique individual. An example of this in October Sky is Dr. von Braun inspiring Sonny to build rockets. Which makes him interact with people that he wouldn't usually interact with and helps him develop.

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When two people have a relationship (either romantic or non-romantic), it is useful for both people to have similar dreams or aspirations or for both people to understand one another's goals and aspirations. For example, Mrs. Riley  and Sonny's mother both encourage Sonny's dream to build rockets. This is helpful because they share the same vision for his future as he does. Counter to this, his father is encouraging him in the wrong way, which is not helpful because Homer Sr. wants Homer Jr. to be a coal man instead of a rocket boy.

Overall, if an adult or mentor is encouraging you to pursue dreams, it is useful for their vision of your future to be similar to yours.

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Quentin is abnormally smart and that doesn't really fit the "normal" of the town. Quentin becomes a mentor for Homer Jr. and  Quentin adds to his body of knowledge by showing him a lot of stuff about rockets.
Homers father was originally his opposing force, but after church the  pastor altered the story so it gave more support to the BCWA. After this his father helps him by showing him a place where he could test his rockets.