1. Are Homer and his friends working toward discontinuous change or incremental change?

Explain. The movie October Sky is based on the autobiographical book Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam. The talented cast is led by Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Homer Hickam. As a teenager, Homer is facing a dreary future as a coal miner until he sees the Soviet satellite Sputnik pass over his small mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. A new interest in rockets infects Homer, who begins to experiment with model rockets in the summer of 1957. Soon, Homer has convinced several of his friends to join him in designing a rocket to enter in the National Science Fair, where they hope to win college scholarships as a result.