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In both the book and the movie, Sonny's mom, Elsie, has her Myrtle Beach In the book, October Sky by Homer Hickam, Miss Riley decides who will represent
painting. They kept it this way because it shows how much she dislikes the boys in the National Science Fair. In the movie, October Sky, all the boys in the Coalwood. The painting tells us she wants to leave and never return. BCMA decide who will represent them. The director did this because he
wanted the boys to seem like a team and not have Miss Riley there to stress that
her illness was taking over and she was very sick.
Another similarity is Jim being the "favorite child" of Sonny's father. Another difference is that in the book Sonny always sets his dad straight, saying how Reasons they would have kept it that way is showing how easy Jim had it he never wanted to work in the mine; He loves building rockets. However, in the movie and how hard Sonny had to work to get his father's approval. Sonny gives up and starts working in the mine. The author had Sonny start working in the mine to show how proud it made his father. Also, it shows the audience how much Homer Sr. has grown throughout the book when he goes to
the BCMA boys last shoot off of their rockets at Cape Coalwood.
painting. They kept it this way because it shows how much she dislikes the boys in the National Science Fair. In the movie, October Sky, all the boys in the Coalwood. The painting tells us she wants to leave and never return. BCMA decide who will represent them. The director did this because he
wanted the boys to seem like a team and not have Miss Riley there to stress that
her illness was taking over and she was very sick.
Another similarity is Jim being the "favorite child" of Sonny's father. Another difference is that in the book Sonny always sets his dad straight, saying how Reasons they would have kept it that way is showing how easy Jim had it he never wanted to work in the mine; He loves building rockets. However, in the movie and how hard Sonny had to work to get his father's approval. Sonny gives up and starts working in the mine. The author had Sonny start working in the mine to show how proud it made his father. Also, it shows the audience how much Homer Sr. has grown throughout the book when he goes to
the BCMA boys last shoot off of their rockets at Cape Coalwood.
October Sky book cover