October Sky Analysis

In Coalwood, West Virginia, all the boys grow up to be coal miners and Homer Hickam has no reason to think he'll be any different. Too small to earn a football scholarship, Homer has no way out of his predetermined life -- until the soviet satellite Sputnik flies over the October sky and changes everything. It's 1957 and Homer's world just got a lot bigger. Though his father is mine superintendent and has no greater wish than to see his sons follow in his footsteps, Homer embarks on a mission to build, launch and enter into the science fair his own homemade rockets with the help of his loyal band of friends. Though their frequent mistakes nearly get them shut down, their successes inspire the whole town to believe that miracles can happen even in Coalwood, and there's nothing wrong with shooting for the stars

As you can see The movie October sky has many examples of the four ways of communication, Self-Disclosure, language, listening, and perception.

But let us first look at two scenes from the movie one which depicts self- disclosure and the other which depicts perception.

First self-disclosure.

He stops at the mill on the way for two reasons, to thank his father for helping him during the fair and to invite him to come to the launch. His father says he still has a lot of work to do so homer says all right and starts to walk away. Homer’s father calls after him that he heard Homer had met his big hero and hadn’t even realized it. Homer walks back and says that the reason his father and him don’t get along is not because they are so different but because they are so alike. Homer then goes on to say that he hopes that he can be as good of a man as his dad and finishes up by saying that even though Dr. von Bron is a great scientist he isn’t his hero. His dad is his