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In summation,Homer showed himself to be heroic in many ways.He was determined courageous and smart.Homer was what an American hero should be. Shouldn't everyone learn from his example and aspire to be a 'Rocket Hero"?

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To begin,Homer showed great determination.When his father tried to keep him from building rockets,he found a way to continue.When his rockets failed he never gave up but continued to work.He was even willing to walk eight miles to launch his rockets.Homer showed great resolve.

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"A hero is someone who has given his/her life to something bigger than oneself."-Joseph Campbell

Homer Hickam was a boy who lived in a town called Coalwood,West Virginia.Nobody believed that anybody from that town would become somebody special in the world.Homer Hickam prooved them all wrong and he started exploring rockets and studying them after he saw the Sputnik in the sky which was in the early 1960's.Homer Hickam was a hero because he never gave up and did not let people tell him he couldn't.

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In Addition,Homer was not selfish.When his team finally launched their first rocket he refused full credit. He always let his town know that he was working to help everyone shine.When he fired his last rocket,he even let his father have the honor of letting his father launch the rocket.Homer showed his integrity in being selfish

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Homer is brave.He went to get the rocket when it went in the mine and faced his dad.

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He is not lazy.He goes out to find the rocket instead of just giving up and going to jail.

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Homer is adventurous
He tries to prove the principal wrong.

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Homer was not selfish. He shared his rocket building fame with his friends and didn't take it all by himself.He did not let his brother;s scholarship to work in the mines.

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Homer is worried.His father is in critical conditions because of the accident in the coal mines.

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He was not a quiter. He never quit after he failed,and he walked eight miles.

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Homer is resourceful.He found a way to steal money to build his rocket.(railroads)

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Homer is not scared.He does not care what the people think if he fails.

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Homer is determined.He is not giving up and trying to build rockets even after he fails.He did not let his father stop him.He walked for eight miles to his launching zone.

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He is not embarrassed. He sits down with Winn when everybody was watching him.

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Homer is curious.He is trying to find things about space and explore them.