Question

Do you think it is preferable to stay with your fear? If not then how to overcome it. Write with reference to the story " His First Flight ".

Answer 1

The short story “His First Flight” by Irish author Liam O’ Flaherty is about a family of seagulls. He narrates vividly how a frightened seagull learns to fly. This story is a metaphorical representation of a human’s need to be independent and confident. This story highlights the importance of independence and self confidence. At the same time it emphasizes the utmost need of living beings to remain involved in family life.
Once a young seagull was standing alone on a rock in the sea. He was very much afraid of flying. His parents taught his sister and two brothers how to fly and dive for fish. They tried their level best to teach the young seagull to fly but in vain. One day his parents thought a plan to teach him the art of flying. All the members of the family flew away to another rock and left him alone. They did not give him anything to eat. The young seagull was maddened with hunger. He even tried to walk to the edge of the rock. He stood there on one leg and closed his eyes to attract the attention of his family. He saw his mother tearing a piece of fish. He begged his mother to give him food. But mother was putting him alone only to teach him a lesson. After some time she took a piece of fish in her beak and came flying over him. When she reached over him she became motionless in the air. She did not get down on the rock. She wanted to give the young seagull an incentive to fly. The young seagull bent forward and jumped at the fish. But his mother flew upward. So he lost his balance and flew down from the rock into the space. He became very much frightened. After a moment he felt his wings spreading upwards. He flapped his wings and soared upwards. His parents and siblings flew around him to encourage him. They were extremely happy and they all expressed their joy on his successful flight. Through this wonderful story, the author provides a psychological insight into life’s problems and the ways of overcoming them. This story relates the importance of independence and self confidence.
“To dominate the Fear” is the central idea of this story. Flaherty is a great Irish novelist and essayist and short story writer. He was a keen observer and was interested in sea-life. He spent much time on sea shore and studied the life of seagulls quite closely. Through this story the writer conveys the moral of having self-confidence and self-reliance. The parents can support us to a certain extent but not forever. So we all should try to become independent in our own way.

Answer 2

as we saw in story first flight part 1 the young seagull was fearing for his flight but after her mother played a trick he was flying and was overgone with his fear .He was flying . he was not flying first due to his fear in him but after his fear gone he was flying so it is not preferable to stay with our fear .we should overcome with it .