cold war in october sky
""By Monday morning, almost every word on the radio was about sputnik.... While I listened to the beeping, i had this mental image of Russian high school kids lifting the Sputnik and putting it on top of a big, sleek, rocket." (Hickam, 20)
"On November 3rd, the Russians struck again, launching a Sputnik II." (Hickam, 40)
"The irony was not lost in me when I climbed out of a bunker one morning and found a dud Russian 122mm rocket buried near by." (Hickam, 423)
These quotes, are only some of the quotes about the cold war, indirectly or not. All of the mentions of it in October Sky are of the Red Scare (More info on that here: /red-scare.html) and the American's fear and hatred of all things Russian. Nothing much is said about other parts of the war, except for a few mentions of the Soviets, nuclear missiles and John F. Kennedy.
In the first one, Sonny is listening to the radio right after Sputnik was launched.
The second one is about when the Russians launched Laika into orbit on a satellite .
The last one is in the epilogue, when Mr. Hickam Jr is in Vietnam, fighting for America and finds a Russian missile.
"On November 3rd, the Russians struck again, launching a Sputnik II." (Hickam, 40)
"The irony was not lost in me when I climbed out of a bunker one morning and found a dud Russian 122mm rocket buried near by." (Hickam, 423)
These quotes, are only some of the quotes about the cold war, indirectly or not. All of the mentions of it in October Sky are of the Red Scare (More info on that here: /red-scare.html) and the American's fear and hatred of all things Russian. Nothing much is said about other parts of the war, except for a few mentions of the Soviets, nuclear missiles and John F. Kennedy.
In the first one, Sonny is listening to the radio right after Sputnik was launched.
The second one is about when the Russians launched Laika into orbit on a satellite .
The last one is in the epilogue, when Mr. Hickam Jr is in Vietnam, fighting for America and finds a Russian missile.