October Sky
...in him because he is constantly messing up right in front of his dad and everyone and making a fool of himself. Despite that, it’s his dad’s discouragements that gave Homer the motivation to prove his dad wrong. He wanted his dad to be proud of him like how he was proud of Jim for football. His dad had preconceived expectations for Homer mainly because the only way to get out of Coalwood was a football scholarship, and he knew he was not going to obtain one. It was noted very few Coalwood boys ever leave for College and get out of Coalwood; most of them end up working at the mine where death lurks everywhere and surreptitiously. So Homer’s dad prepared a place for him at the mine, which was where he certainly believes he would end up. Homer did not let what his father thought o...