“Rocket first appeared taking part in some dumb mess, breaking into a home of a rich person. It wasn’t just any rich person Raquel and her friends entered. Augustus Freeman, a successful lawyer who really was an alien over 150 years old, caught the would-be thieves and also was shot in the chest. This should have been the end of Rocket’s story. However Augustus was not hurt, annoyed, but not harmed at all. He stopped the robbers and to avoid his secret getting out, Augustus let them go with a stern warning and the “raise yourself up by your bootstraps” speech many of us roll our eyes at.”