Joe Johnston's "October Sky" and Alice Walker's "Every Day Use" deal with the relationships between parents and children. John Hickam and a middle-aged woman are parents who must choose between their two children. Dee and Jim are the strongest children in the family who followed their parents' expectations. Homer and Maggie are very different from their brother and sister. They have very different goals than their siblings. As a result, their relationship with their parents experiences obstacles and conflicts. As readers, we capture the distinctions these parents have between their children. They treat them differently. The theme that comes up the most is that of the relationship between parents and children. John and Walker have learned to accept their children and the differences that create a different outcome come from the beginning of the story to the end. Hickam and Walker faced conflict and gained their parents' respect by transforming their static relationship into dynamic acceptance between them. Homer's devotion to rockets and the differences between his brothers do not match his father's expectations, creating conflict between them and stabilizing their relationship as father and son. In "October Sky", the story takes place in a West Virginia mining town in the 1950s. People could only survive by working in the coal mines. John is a mine superintendent and fully expects Homer to follow in his footsteps. He shows him how much he wants him to become a coal fitter and tells him "Homer, I was born for this, and I shouldn't be surprised that you do it." This creates a conflict with his dream of becoming Rocket Scientists. By winning the science project, he could get a scholarship and become a rocket scientist. It...... middle of paper...... by Joe Johnston demonstrated the conflicts John Hickam faced with his son Homer. Among these conflicts were: his passion for rockets, becoming a coal miner, his father's rejection, and his brother's differences. Additionally, Alice Walker's "Every Day Use" gave us a list of conflicts, which made the relationship between Maggie and her mother very static. Conflicts based on Maggie's differences of insecurity and ignorance enter into her sister and which she reflects to her mother. Magpies earned her mother's respect by showing support, understanding and respect for her culture, values ​​and ancestors. Homer also earned his father's respect through his efforts, respect for his father, by winning the science fair and becoming a scientist. The two children change their parents' point of view and their static relationship to a dynamic understanding and acceptance between them..