Guest Post by Jessica Prescott, INFJ

October Sky

Dominant Introverted Feeling (Fi): O’Dell is a person of deep, powerful emotions, but those emotions are hardly ever allowed to surface. And on the rare occasions when he does express his feelings openly, it’s never in words, but always in actions. For example, O’Dell never once mentions the tragic mining accident that killed his father; the audience doesn’t find out about it until Homer (unwisely) chooses to repeat the story . . . upsetting O’Dell so much that he can’t restrain himself from physically attacking Homer, one of his closest friends. O’Dell is also something of an individualist; unlike Roy Lee (tertiary Fe), O’Dell appears unconcerned about the damage that the Rocket Boys’ unpopular activities may cause to their social reputations at school. In general, established rules and codes seem to matter relatively little in his mind; it was his idea to take apart the (apparently) unused railroad track for scrap metal; and he’s untroubled by the fact that this scheme is actually highly illegal.