Marcus seems to be between stages of identity development, according to this passage. For most of the passage, Marcus is in the stage of Identity Moratorium, as he is thinking about his views and opinions and what to do about them, since they are in conflict with Mr. Benson's, and may get him expelled. He considers speaking out, but also considers apologizing. Ultimately, Marcus ends the passage in the stage of Identity Achievement, because he determines, after weighing out his options, that his own values are what matter most to him.
The Fortunato carnival costume symbolizes a fool or a jester.
Answer:
1. Since the 1700's, people have used balloons filled with gas lighter than air to float above the ground.
2. Inventors have been trying since as early as the 1800s to create a heavier-than-air machine that would fly.
3. Originally the machines were not meant to carry people.
4. Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to fly a powered airplane in sustained height.
5. At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the flight lasted 12 seconds, and went 120 feet.
6. They succeeded, they had studies aerodynamics, the principles of the movement of air around objects.
7. From this beginning, the airplane industry was started.
8. Louis Bleriot, a Frenchman, was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel in 1909.
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