Question

the sight of food maddened him what does this suggest?

Answer 1

this suggest that he is a foodaholic or he has not eaten food for many days....

Answer 2

The young seagull was very hungry and it was this hunger that ultimately made it fly. Not being able to control its hunger, it dived at the food which was in its mother’s beak and his hunger overpowered his fear of the sea. The natural reaction of its body was only to fly.