Flight Transformation

In the story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting Andrew is hopeful for a better life. There are 3 things that Andrew is hoping to happen so that he can have joy brought back to his life. The 3 things there are is the bird,money saving and teamwork with friends and family.

“I’m thankful for my struggles because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” Through the eyes of Alex Elle you first must struggle in order to find your true strengths. An obstacle that most of us deal with throughout our lives. Some, more extreme than the other, regardless having the power to lift us as humans or tear us down. These crossroads are formed at different points and for different reasons in each person's life, nevertheless morphing them into the people they will soon become. Along with struggle comes forgiveness. Allowing yourself to let go of the things that cause you the pain and struggle in order to move on. Giving yourself the opportunity to wipe your slate clean and start fresh. Throughout Flight,

“Flying,” by Alice Miller is a complex story about a woman named Allie, who reminisces about a time spent when her cousin Mack taught her to fly when she was just a young girl. On different occasions when Mack visited, he would show her how to do new things. As Allie grew up she found herself thinking of the secret that Mack shared with her and how he told her not to tell anyone or she may get hurt. Allie longed for the feeling of flying, if she could just reach out and talk to Mack but too much time had passed. She dreams of flying in her sleep, not for long periods of time, but just enough to embrace that feeling she had years ago. She wonders if many people have experienced flying the way that she has and if she could fly by herself without Mack. One day, Allie tries to fly on her own and succeeds, soaring higher than she did with Mack. Before Allie knew it, she was flying through the clouds and around town. Now that Allie has experienced the feeling of flying again, more than ever she wanted to share with her kids. One night after the children were asleep she wanted to share her secret with her boys but instead chose her daughter. Miller suggests that when a person is afraid of doing something on their own, sometimes it just takes a little bit of courage to step out and let go of the things that could be holding a person back.

“Flying,” by Alice Miller tells the story of woman reminiscing on the time that her cousin taught her how to fly when they were kids. It begins with the main character, Allie, flying in the air with her cousin, Mack, when she was six years old. Allie has many questions and Mack tells her that all boys can fly and instructs her to not tell anyone that she knows this secret. He also tells her not to ever try to fly without him and compares this secret to the myth about Prometheus giving the God’s fire to man and being punished for it. As the years went by, Allie wonders if she would ever fly again and even doubts if the memory was real. She becomes a wife and a mother to two sons and a daughter but still wonders if flying is possible. One night, she decides to test her memory and tries to fly out of her backyard. She slowly ascends just as she did when she was young but even higher. Over the next few days, her urge to fly again grows. One night, she sneaks into her children’s room and picks up her daughter to take her outside and show her how to fly. The story ends with Allie telling her daughter to promise not to tell the boys what she is about to experience and excitement building in Allie for her daughter. The central idea of this story is the pursuit of satisfaction never ends.

Zits’ weak point, Justice asked Zits if he wanted to seek for revenge, Zits blindly answered yes

Betrayal hits the most not when by a friend, but by a loved one. In the novel, Flight, by Sherman Alexie, a half Native-American half Irish teen calling himself Zits, struggles with moving from abusive foster home to the next while in the constant search for a real family, real parents. In the act of crime, Zits is shot which transports him into a cycle of different bodies portraying different themes that majorly affects zits life and understanding of the world. The scene in which Zits meets a boy named Justice develops the theme of betrayal by portraying Justice, who seems like a very wise, trustworthy friend, but ends up betraying Zits which changes his view of the world forever.

There once was a boy named Zits. He was half Native American, half Irish and completely parentless. He lived in many different foster homes until he eventually met a troubled youth named Justice, who filled Zits with ideas of violence until Zits opened fire on a bank. Subsequently, Zits was shot in the head and switched bodies throughout time and space. His journey continued as he was transferred through time and different individuals, all who related to his personality and had to make choices about violence. His story is one of self-discovery as he travels until he can return to himself and reverse his horrible actions in the bank. This story is the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie. In this novel, Alexie explores many complex themes, such as the effect of a father figure on one’s personality and how compassion can help heal a person’s soul. Throughout the novel, it is evident that Zits is strongly influenced by his parental figures or lack of them. In the beginning, he chooses to let his violent role models have total control over his version of right and wrong. After his journey of learning, he realizes that he has command over his thoughts and can choose what he believes. At the end, he also has positive role models, ones that won’t force him to be violent and care for him. Because of his change in role models and ideas, he becomes a more compassionate and empathetic person.

This short story begins with Venter searching for his mother who once worked for Adam to make amends with his grandmother who has been taking care of him since she left. Consequently, the plot begins to rise when Venter confesses to Adam the true reason behind his visit; then he explains that his grandmother wants him to come and use the machine. He further elaborates that it seems to be her dying wish, to confront the machine, that lead his parents away from him. Leading to the climax of the plot, Venter reads his tattoo “DEPENDENT ON THE OPINION OF OTHERS”; he experiences instant denial, not understanding how he compares to the “sad and pathetic man” he saw earlier (Gerrard). Leaving Venter in the question of the self-worth he sees in himself. Transitioning the story to the falling action of the plot Venter realizes the decision that he must choose gauze or saran wrap. For the self-worth, people felt was determined by which material people chose because “guests who were proud of their tattoos, or who wanted to appear proud of their tattoos, chose Saran Wrap; guests who wanted to shield the tattoos even from their own eyes demanded gauze pads” (Gerrard). While choosing the saran wrap Venter implies he will strive to change his identity and move Adam’s opinion away from thinking he relies on the thoughts of

“The journey is more about who you are becoming than where you’re going.” -Travis Robertson. This quote is especially applicable to the book, Flight, because the main idea of this book was for Zits unmask his past and, in a sense, explore himself. He eventually reaches his destination, as he gains more knowledge about his dad, his past, and Michael, himself. Throughout this journey Zits meets new people, experiences new things, and sees past events from different standpoints. One of the benefits of Zits travelling through this journey was that he became more open-minded and more aware of his surroundings. In the beginning of the book, he was faced with adversity. Zits had to make a very big decision on whether he would fold under the pressure

Flying in a plane across an ocean into a different country gives a unique thrill to everyone, especially if it is their first time flying. For cancer patients Hazel Grace and Augustus “Gus” Waters in The Fault in our Stars by John Green, flying to Europe ends up as the most eventful trip they will ever take. Both teens suffer from cancer, and they both accept death wholeheartedly. Neither of them possess the ability to complete regular activities that all teens can do because their cancer places so many restrictions on them. Since flight symbolizes “freedom” or “running away,” Gus’ and Hazel’s trip can be seen as an escape from their life sucking disease, and get a taste of normal life.

Flight is a novel about a adolescent Native American boy, named Zits because of his face, who gets moved around from foster home to foster home, “crashing” through each one, and has closed his mind to the idea that some foster parents are trying to help him. Then, later in the book, after he shoots thirty or so people in a bank, is transported through time and different bodies, and learns how to turn his life around with the knowledge he amasses from what he sees and does in these different bodies. In one especially striking scene, Zits has traveled into the body of a young Indian boy at war. He wakes up in the middle of a large Indian bivouac. He then realizes that it is a camp from the battle called “Custer’s Last Stand”. Zits recalls that in this battle the Indians prevailed against Custer’s cavalry. Then, as he stands in the middle of the camp, the father of the boy whose body he’s in comes over. Since Zits never had a real dad, the love this man is showing to him, even just something small, feels tremendous. Zits thinks as the man picks him up and hugs him, “As long as I’m this kid, this man is my father. And since I never knew my real Indian father, I feel like I’m going to explode. I want to hug this guy forever and forever” (64). This quote quite clearly shows that Zits needs someone to love him desperately, and that he will latch onto any small amount of affection he gets.

Things weren’t looking good for this guy. “Spirits, Ze. You hit him too hard.” She muttered to he beast who was munching away nearby, but mostly to herself as she examined him. This man was at risk of dying or going into shock. Being called a murderer, even by uncultured swine like the tribesman. It cut deeper than she could ever allow anyone to know. There were casualties in war and Zinni had caused a fair share of them, but she never wanted to kill. If people would cooperate they would never have to die. Not like this. Hurt? Yes. She could support hurt, but not

I wake up every day wishing my skin was clear of the repulsive acne that I hate so much. As I look into the mirror for the first time today, I notice there is a new blemish that has erupted overnight to accompany the other thousand blemishes upon my face. I wonder if this makeup will help. I stop and stare. The makeup did nothing; there is still a mountain range of red bumps from my chin to my forehead. I hear my mom shout from downstairs, “Lauren, sweetheart, you gotta to hurry up! Don’t wanna be late for school! I’ll be in the car!” I do not want to go to school. I throw on a hoodie to cover up the acne all over my chest. It is not just on my face—imagine that.

“Flying Airplane’’ was a famous work of art that was created by an incredibly genious artist who was named Kazimir Malevich.Kazimir Malevich painted many pieces of art. ‘’Flying Airplane” was a piece like many other works of arts that were a part of Malevich’s many suprematism compositions. This painting was one of Malevich’s very famous works of arts that represented many things to him, and held sentimental value due to the fact that it held many meanings.

Flapping wing motion is observed from biological flying animals. Most scientist, biologists and naturalists are attracted by this motion and have found over a million different species of insects and 10,000 types of birds and bats fly with flapping wings [1]. In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci made a flapping wings vehicle, also called ornithopter as shown in Figure 1.1, to explain and demonstrate the theory of thrust generated from flapping wings. A huge amount of attempts to develop flying vehicles were made at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th (Lilienthal, 1889; Lippisch, 1960) [2, 3], but most of them failed due to insufficient academic knowledge.