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…. These souls were afraid to speak up in their lives, and for that, they are punished. “…their bare skin galled by wasps and flies, blood trickling down the face…”(Canto III, Ln54-55) Living their lives fearful of being “stung” by the consequences of their bravery…

…, the locusts, the brilliant-bodied flies, the gray spiders stretching their webs from twig to twig"(p117). He was noticing the beauty of life around him. Things that he had never stopped to take notice of before were all of a sudden a vital experience…

…, it seemed impossible. During his stay in St. Louis, he reminisces of the old childhood days such as when he use to train with a priest who have given him a necklace that symbolizes that when he flies he is closer to God. He then decides to take his flight a few…

…comes to treat the angel as a family member, granted as a pet, but still he is a member of the family. As a replacement for the happy ending of the ordinary fairy tale, the characters are allowed to take advantage of the Angel until it flies off without…

…. May 22, 1906: The U.S. government issues Orville and Wilbur Wright a patent on their flying machine after turning down two earlier submissions. Nov. 13, 1907: French inventor Paul Cornu flies the first helicopter. The flight lasts 20 seconds, hovering…

…dropped off of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Yet another well-known advancement was that of Aristotle’s Biological studies. In Zoology he explained a fixed set of natural species reproduces true to type. The exception is some worms and flies come from rotting…

…is walking, when it opens its tail like a fan and instantly closes it again (Audubon). Therefore, they can fly at an instant spring to the air. When a particular Mockingbird flies it flies by day and mainly in short distances, like tree to tree, rather than field…

…her mother’s advice. She believes she may have been deceived but she still waits there waiting for him in hope that he will show up. The name Icarus comes from the ancient myth of a young man who flies with wings invented by his father. He flies too…

…to sit in; instead, they occupied the sloping areas around the track; sitting on blankets and sleeping in tents if they were wealthy enough to have one. Because the games were held during the hottest time of the year, flies were a terrible problem…

…remember: "the gull who sees farthest flies highest!"(Bach 85) It is truly Jonathan Livingston Seagull who sees farthest and flies highest!…