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His First Flight Summary

The story “His First Flight” by “Liam O’ Flaherty” is about a young

seagull who is afraid to fly. All his younger siblings despite their much shorter

wings flew fearlessly while he could not gather the courage to trust his own

wings.

The young seagull became sad when he saw his parents perfecting his

younger siblings in the art of flying. His parents scold and taunt him for not

even trying. They even call him a “coward”. They tell him a lot to at least try

and also threaten him to leave him alone and hungry if he does not. The

following day, he is left in isolation and upon feeling hungry; he tries to seek

the attention of his family members. Only his mother, who is withering a fish in

an attempt to eat it, notices his son.

The young seagull cries out of starvation hoping his mother would help. On

seeing his mother come to him with the fish, he gets excited. But on noticing

that his mother stopped mid-way, he gets maddened out of hunger and takes a

dive at the fish, forgetting for a moment that he is afraid to fly.

Finally, he took his first flight. All the family members celebrate his victory

by cheering and dancing around him. He also attempts at floating in the sea that

he was once afraid of. Thus, he overcomes his fear and realises that it is all in

the mind.