October Sky Chapter 2 Summary

In a small town in West Virginia a 17-year-old boy Homer Hickam is fascinated by this development and is. Summary Analysis When Homer is 11 years old The Captain retires and Homer Sr.

October Sky Chapter Summary By Grace Oakes

Chapter 2 Sputnik.

. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Click the card to flip. The rocket boys seek out a new location for their next launch.

During the launch of the Auk V there was a small audience including Jake and a journalist. Sonny and his father are far apart and Jim has fought several times. The Auk V flew up then came down on the small.

In this short opening section. It was all you could hear. One of her experiments mixes potassium.

Shooting For the Stars Have you ever been inspired. By learning to build rockets he explains he discovered his own truths. Problem is nobody in.

Some of the miners sons would seek Sonny. Chapter 2 We learn what triggered Sonnys need for rocket making. Jake provided a telescope and a trigonometry book so they could calculate how.

Sputnik was what it was. The second statement indicates Union fathers identify Homer mine superintendent as the enemy and Sonny is guilty by association. This chapter takes place in summer.

Their next design takes Sonny several hours of calculations and a pep. Thats what the news of Sputnik did for Homer Jr better known as Sonny in Homer Hickmans October Sky. Sonny and his friends are seniors now and their rocket building is garnering them even more admiration.

He believes it is a punishment given to him because his parents wanted a girl but got him instead. Moves his family into The Captains house which is larger and more. Sonny dances with several girls but has his eye out for Dorothy.

They meet in Jrs room while his father is at work. Jake Mosby a junior engineer at the mine becomes a big part of the BCMA. Sonny sees Valentine Carmina and her boyfriend Buck Trant having an argument and Valentine storms out.

Click the card to flip. They decide on a place far up in the mountains called Pine Knob. The narrator Homer Hickam Jr describes his coming of age.

The Russians launched it into the sky and it passed through Coalwood. Chapter 2 Homer feels like he has a heavy name since he was given his dads name. It is October 1957 and the USSR has launched Sputnik 1 the first satellite.

Chapter Two talks about Sonnys relationship with his father and Jim the launch of Sputnik and the school in Coalwood. October Sky Chapter 2. Sonny gets an idea for their rocket fuel from his favorite teacher Miss Riley and her above-and-beyond approach to her chemistry class.

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