Gus Grissom

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” - Nelson Mandela. In the film Finding Forrester by Gus Van Sant an older white author, named William Forrester, who stripped himself from the world begins to become acquainted with a black teen, Jamal Wallace. They quickly use each other to find inner courage and achieve goals they never believed would happen. Forrester becomes Jamal’s tutor and helps him through plagiarism allegations and Jamal becomes Forresters seeming

Finding Forrester expresses the heart aches found within the process of change. In Finding Forrester, the idea of transformation is prominent as Jamal Williams, a high school student discovers a missing author. This author, William Forrester transforms from a secretive, lonely introvert to an openly happy man as his relationship with Jamal develops. Jamal transforms throughout the movie as he transfers school and increases his writing abilities with the help of Forrester. Both main characters solve

Finding Forrester is a story about Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) finding himself through his writing. In the beginning of this movie, Jamal is shown playing basketball with his friends, and his mother is told that he has very high test scores. However, he only has a C average, but he receives an offer from the preparatory school Mailor-Callow. As he attends this school, he excels in school and basketball, and he is able to embrace his talent as a writer with the help of William Forrester (Sean Connery)

Although Jamal Wallace is perceived as a hoodlum and a trouble-maker due to being raised in the Bronx, the reality is, his intelligence is suppressed as a result of being vastly underestimated. Throughout the movie “Finding Forrester” Jamal is faced with many challenges from his peers, teachers, and mentors these are trials that he must persevere through. One of Jamal's mentors, William Forrester, is a key part of the movie because he challenges Jamal to write better and continue to

In the movie “Finding Forrester”, Jamal Wallace is offered an education at a prestigious private high school when his test scores are examined by a board of directors and deemed worthy of their attention. The principal of his current school and a representative of the private school arrange a meeting with his mother and him; all present are in agreement that he should he transfer and attend, which he does. While there, a literature professor by the name of Robert Crawford notices dissimilarities

also a pilot in the United States air force. Cooper was the last man to orbit the earth solo and was also the first man to fall asleep during the 34-hour orbit around the earth and for a while Cooper was the best pilot in America. Virgil Ivan “Gus” Grissom was one of the original

The USSR launches Sputnik 1, followed by the launch of Sputnik 2 (which carried a small dog named Laika) into orbit on November 3rd. The U.S. retaliates by launching Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit. Explorer 1 carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. The U.S. launches Explorer 2 (which fails to reach orbit) and the Vanguard 1 satellite, which functioned for three years. The USSR launches Sputnik 3, which sparked the U.S. to form

NASA is one of the largest organizations in the world. Although we see it everywhere, most of us take NASA completely for granted. Yet, we are still obliviant of the fact that NASA is a main reason why we can enjoy things like quick and safe plane rides, the internet, and most science fiction movies and books. Little do we know how hard NASA works for our benefit, constantly struggling to find a different way to help not only America, but the whole world. During World War II, America and the Soviet

In the article by Buzz Aldrin he tells of the launch about to come and happening. Though it was three hours away, you could tell how excited and nervous he was. Then he shared a sad story of what happened to some other astronauts. Specifically - Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White- They died at a pre launch when there capsule burst into flames. He skips ahead to the launch telling of how he felt. One thing I thought was interesting was

The Space Race; a period in time, more than a two decades of space exploration. Its competitors, USA vs USSR. Its length consisting of no more than 12 years yet giving increased knowledge of flight and the sky and space above it. It consisted of more than thirty overall successful launches and through each abysmal failure brought new success. The launches increased the overall knowledge of space and brought new ideas and questions into peoples minds. Sci-Fi sprung up from the ideas that the events