Usually they are bigger and better than most normal humans but some have their flaws that make them more "likeable"
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B. It represents Aengus's desire to capture the beauty he saw when he was young.
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In to kill a mockingbird, the author characterize the crowd of community members who attend the trial as interested, excitable spectators, hoping to witness the drama unfold before their eyes.
What it means is that he wouldn't have been able to get where he got if it hadn't been for the scientific achievements of his predecessors. If it hadn't been for these "giants" that enabled him to see so far, he wouldn't have been able to make all the discoveries that he did. For those coming after him, he was a giant that enabled them, and so laws and theories and scientific knowledge always increases based on the knowledge before it.