Homer Hickam: How Did Einstein Come To Be A Famous Scientist

Have you ever faced a turning point or a life-changing experience that impacted society? A turning point can be described as a life-changing event that teaches someone about themselves or the world around him/her. People who endure a life-changing event respond positively or negatively. The autobiography “I Never Had It Made”, by Jackie Robinson, the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry”, from Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article “The Father of Chinese Aviation”, by Rebecca Maksel, each of the individuals faced turning points. Jackie Robinson, Melba Pattillo Beals, and Feng Ru faced life-changing experiences that altered both their lives and their countries.

For most of Homer “Sonny” Hickam’s life, he worried about what his dad thought about him and didn’t want to disappoint him. His father would have like him to be a mining engineer in the Coalwood mine, but Sonny had his own dreams. Even though his father had high expectations of him, he let his dreams take hold of his life and transform him for the better. In the book, October Sky, the main theme that doing something people are passionate about can transform them, is prevalent throughout the entire book, especially with the change that Sonny goes through building his rockets. In the real world, hard work and persistence will bear results in more than just someone's work, but also in their character.

Everyone goes through significant events in their lifetime. These events can range from the death of a loved one to the achievement of an educational goal. People’s life paths can change due to these events. Some will react poorly, either not coping with the negative or not benefitting from the positive. Others will react positively, rising above their circumstances and using them to change the world. A person’s reaction to an event can change their future. Events in Eliezer Wiesel’s life and a personal example demonstrate how significant events shape destiny.

Throughout Albert Einstein’s lifetime he accomplished many amazing things that have an effect on people today. For example, in 1905, “often called as Einstein’s “miracle year”, he published four papers in the Annalen der Physik, each of which would alter the course of modern physics” (Michio,Kaku 13). Throughout Einstein’s four books, he “applied the

Albert Einstein was one the greatest mind in the 1900s. In 1905 he went on to achieve worldwide fame for his general theory of relativity and received a Nobel Prize in 1921. After Hitler gain control of Germany he emigrated from Germany to the United States. In the 1930s Einstein theories included his equation E=Mc2 which later help form the foundation for the atomic bomb. In the late 1939

It means that if someone has kept doing something that they always do and never make a mistake. But start never start a new thing. It tells that Albert Einstein always had new ideas and tried to find the way it was real or true. He would also get science problem and tried to find the correct answer. But sometimes he would get the problems wrong. Albert Einstein impacted the citizens of the United States because by changing how people would think about the universe, he would change the way how scientist would think about energy and matter. Albert Einstein would also recommended the United States to make to build the first nuclear weapon. He felt that this nuclear

Imagine a person trying to start a business. This person has some experience with the sort, but doesn’t have any help to jumpstart it. No financial help, no wealthy friends, no parents to back him up. Can he do it? The answer is no, he can’t, and unfortunately this is the case with everyone. It doesn’t matter who the person is, a famous rockstar or the president, they did not get to their position without help. Many big name celebrities and influential people supposedly got their start on their own, but everyone receives help on their way to making it big.

Homer H. Hickam Jr.’s memoir, Rocket Boys, focuses on the mine and its significance towards the lives of the people of Coalwood. The mine represents the life of the people of Coalwood. Homer Hickam Jr., also known as Sonny, has his life completely controlled by the mine. His dad, the mine superintendent, constantly pushes Sonny to pursue a job in the mine. Sonny’s future lies in his parents’ hands. His dad, aware of the popularity of mining in Coalwood, strongly suggests Sonny to start preparing for his future. On the other hand, his mother encourages him to pursue his dreams and follow his heart. His father has a good reason for wanting Sonny to follow in his footsteps. All the men that Sonny knows in Coalwood are miners while the women are

Homer H. Hickam Jr.’s memoir, Rocket Boys, pursues the idea that hard work and determination leads to success. The main character, Sonny, transforms into a successful person despite all the obstacles in his life. His perseverance ultimately leads him to successfully achieving his goal. The enthralling journey begins with the first passage of the book, which states the difficulty that Sonny dealt with in his childhood before he could go out and follow his heart to achieve what he wanted most. “Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn’t know my hometown was at war with itself over its children and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives” (Hickam 1). Sonny’s parents both

In the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys by Homer (Sonny) Hickam, the setting, Coalwood, Virginia, is an important role in Sonny’s story. Coalwood is a small mining town that had a culture and common beliefs of its own because all of the residents had family members that worked for Olga Coal Company, which provided their houses and furniture. Everybody in Coalwood expected that as kids graduate from high school, they go to work in the mine. When Sonny started building rockets, it was a nuisance to the town because everybody (except his mother) believed he would only ever grow up to work in the mine, and “It didn’t take long before every missing thing in town was blamed on ‘those rocket boys’” (Hickam 146). Coalwood and its people were not supportive

Anne Frank once said, “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” While their childhood and the opinions of others have some impact, a person has just as much power to decide who they want to be, as proven in the memoirs Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. These protagonists are validation that despite outside pressures, a person can grow up to be anyone they want to be. Similarly, for Homer “Sonny” Hickam of Rocket Boys, working in Coalwood’s coal mines seems essentially inevitable, since the town focuses on a small range of activities. Hickam states that, "Only coal mining was more important in Coalwood than high school football. Sputnik, and anything else, was going to always

A person’s childhood very often helps establish who they grow up to be. This idea has proved to be true in the memoir Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam. Coalwood, West Virginia was not only Sonny’s hometown, but also an influential character. Coalwood was very uniform and all the citizens took an interest in similar activities during the time-period in which he grew up. For example, "Only coal mining was more important...than high school football. Sputnik, and anything else, was going to always come in a distant third” (Hickam 27). This mentality causes an issue for Sonny, as he aspires to pursue an alternate career in rocket-building. While most of the townspeople are apprehensive of his plans initially, a majority begin to respect his choices

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As a child, he lived a comfortable life with luxuries due to his mother's fortune. As a child, he attended a catholic school and wrote his first novel at the age of 13. His claim to fame was writing the Great Gatsby, where he started to be known as a real writer and wrote many other great pieces of writing that were later appreciated. It gained popularity due to its description of the 1920’s. After this, he became a heavy drinker which led to alcoholism and he began to have many problems such wife who began to have mental problems. Some of his contributions to society are his work of the Great Gatsby is read by every High School, that is transforming generations through literature. Albert Einstein would get along with F. Scott Fitzgerald because Einstein likes reading books and they can converse about The Great Gatsby and his ideas on how he came up with the book and probably give him some ideas.

Albert Einstein is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He is known for developing the theories of relativity. He is also noted for his mathematical formula of E = mc² (David Bodanis). Although he was not directly involved in the Manhattan Project, which was responsible for creating the atomic bomb, but he is still considered the mastermind because of his breakthrough formula. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect (A. Calaprice & T. Lipscombe).

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879 is one of the most influential people of the modern era. (Einstein) As a physicist he changed