https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc Rocket Boys Unit en-us 2019-03-20 19:29:32 UTC 2019-03-28 17:01:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png umayaloving221 https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc/wish/343522049 1. Someone I know who did something unexpected with their life is Paul McCartney. Growing up in the 1940’s, his family all mostly expected him to follow in his father’s footsteps, much like every other kid at that time. But instead of following in his dad’s career path of firefighting he decided to persue music, and ended up being one of the most successful musicians in history. I think that him growing up in a world that was not mainly featured on following your dreams shaped him and his values, and like I mentioned earlier it all worked out incredibly.
5. The top five qualities I admire and notice in others is respect, acceptance, loyalty, kindness, and empathy. These are values I have because every though I tend to think that I somewhat possess those qualities, I still majorly admire when other people devote their time to being kind to other people, especially in those ways. If you’re kind and respectful, you have the danger of being overlooked, but aside from that, the satisfaction of helping people is much more important than recognition. If more and more people started to support others in those ways and more, the world would be a much more just and wonderful place.]]> 2019-03-20 19:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc/wish/343522049 umayaloving221 https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc/wish/344372772 “For all the knowledge and pleasure they gave me, the books I read in childhood did not allow me to see myself past Coalwood. Almost all the grown-up Coalwood boys I knew had either joined the military services or gone to work in the mine. I had no idea what the future held in store for me. The only thing I knew for sure was my mother did not see me going into the mine” (Hickam 11). This quote is significant because it shows just how condensed and small living Homer’s town was. The fact that he couldn’t even imagine a life outside of Coalwood says so much and puts his childhood and environment into perspective. This really stood out to me because personally when I read and see things I can’t help but think about what it would all be like when I’m older, or what it would be like if things were different, if I lived somewhere else. But for Homer, all he’s able to see is Coalwood, and the life that’s expected for him to continue in. Another part that stood out in chapter two was, “I let my imagination wander, seeing the first explorers on the moon as they worked their way back to their station after a day of walking among craters and plains. I guessed it would be Wernher von Braun up there, leading his select crew. The men crossed the tracks and I saw the glint of their lunch buckets in the tipple light, and I came slowly back to reality. They weren’t explorers on the moon, just Coalwood miners going to work. And I wasn’t on von Braun’s team. I was a boy in Coalwood, West Virginia. All of a sudden, that wasn’t good enough” (Hickam 33). This section is important becuase contrary to the other quote, Homer is now finding the things that allow him to escape the real world and enter an imaginative reality, which is an important step in truly finding yourself. He’s becoming aware of the fact that his dreams and goals for life are much too big for Coalwood. He wants more with life than anyone in his small town even fathoms for themselves. Even though when his imagination took over he wasn’t fantasizing, just trying to basically figure out what would take place on the mission. All in all, these quotes both continuously show character development and how just because of a satellite, all of Homer’s previous views on life are being altered.]]> 2019-03-22 19:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc/wish/344372772 umayaloving221 https://padlet.com/umayaloving221/8gpzl6z2qegc/wish/346246608

Sonny’s views on family are probably different than the average, modern day person’s. Due to his experience with his father being the mine’s Superintendent, he probably feels like that’s a reason for his family being more unstable and less involved in bonding and their individual lives. Sonny states the fact that he often feels overlooked around his parents when he shares his thoughts on his older brother, “I knew Dad thought about Jim all the time, was always telling people what a great football player my brother was, and how he was going to tear up the world in football when he went to college” (Hickam 43). This quote emphasizes that Sonny’s role in the Hickam family is more of the unnoticed son, he’s not the attractive football star but more so the one in the background. Due to this, his thoughts and feelings on the concept of family must be altered and morphed into more of a thing you’re stuck with, opposed to a thing you’re lucky to have. Sonny also expresses his opinions on family when he’s talking to Mr. Bykovski about building his rockets. He makes it seem like he’s giving up on trying to follow the path his father wants him to follow, and is getting used to the idea that they will never have that stereotypical father/son relationship that he’s seen portrayed. He sheds light on these thoughts when Mr. Bykovski explains, “‘You want to thank me.’ He nodded toward the box. ‘Make these fly. Show your dad what you and I did together.’ My father had clearly, in no uncertain terms, told me to stop building rockets. The BCMA was now an outlaw organization. I don’t know why, but that felt good. I had the urge to hug Mr. Bykovski, but resisted it. Instead, I stood straight and tall, and said firmly, and what I hoped was manfully, ‘Yes, sir. You can count on me’” (Hickam 97). This scene is important because once again it shows that Sonny is becoming comfortable with the idea of rebelling against his dad and not doing what’s expected of him. In conclusion, Sonny probably defines family as something that plays a part in his life and as something he has to deal with, but less so of a safe place he can go to and feel accepted and like he belongs. I think that he realizes that some families do operate that way and treat family as a safe haven, but he understands that his just simply isn’t like that.

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