Character Analysis of Dorothy Plunk

“It was my opinion that Dorothy Pluck, a native of War, was the most beautiful girl in our class or, for that matter, at Big Creek High.”(29) Dorothy Plunk was Sonny’s first love but she also broke his heart. In October Sky, written by Homer Hickam Jr., Dorothy is a pseudonym for a girl he knew during high school. She is known for her beauty, power, and inexperience.

Dorothy was known for her beauty because of Sonny’s persistence. That’s why he was so attracted to her. “She had long shimmering ponytail and eyes the electric blue of my father’s 1951 Buick.”(29) He had managed to say hello to her a couple of times but never really had a conversation with her. He was Dorothy’s lab partner in Biology. He had never really asked a girl but he wanted to ask Dorothy out but when he did she turned him down.

She also has power over Sonny because he worships her. “Could he not see, as I, that Dorothy Plunk was God’s perfection? She was to be worshiped, not handled.”(31) Sonny gets jealous over the fact that she has a boyfriend. Twenty-five years later,