October Sky (a memoir)

By Homer Hickam

Originally published as The Rocket Boys

memoir- explores a particular event, time, person, or place that had a significant impact on your life.

autobiography- Explores the totality of your life and zeroes in on a consistent theme. The writer takes the readers on a journey through her life, most often chronologically, to examine her personal growth, a realization, or a life lesson. The writer will examine her entire life and identify a specific theme.

Themes: Father son relationships, achieving dreams, succeeding against all odds, personal ambitions vs. loyalty to someone else, it takes a village to raise a child.

Characters:

Members of the BCMA (Big Creek Missile Agency)

Homer “Sonny” Hickam

Roy Lee

O’Dell

Sherman

Quentin

Billy

Homer Hickam, Sr.

Elsie (Lavender Hickam

Jim Hickam

Miss. Freida joy Riley

Isaac Bykovski

Mary Bykovski

Jake Mosby

John Dubonnet

Geneva Eggers

Dorothy Plunk

Emily Sue Buckleberry

Valentine

Rev. “Little” Rickard

Rev. Josiah Laner

R.L. Turner

Mr. Hartsfield

Sr. Wernher Von Braun

Clinton Caton

Mr. Fuler

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