Conflicts

Throughout, life we all have to face many conflicts and we must over come these conflicts to better ourselves as individuals. In this same way Homer Hickam Jr. has to face many conflicts throughout the memoir Rocket Boys. In the beginning of the book he has to find his greater purpose in his life to get out of Coalwood, because he knows he does not want to work in the coal mines for the rest of his life. Then, Homer Sr. does not treat Homer as an equal because he his not a football star which second to coal mining is the most important thing in the lives of Coalwood civilians. When he decides to start his rocket building adventures, Homer has to first learn about rockets and then work to gather all the products he needs to overcome. He reaches out to different people in the town, stepping past his boundaries and he does anything he can to build his rockets. When have you done something similar to the things that Homer has to do in his life.