My Thoughts On "The Flight Of Icarus".
"The Flight Of Icarus" is only an old mythological tale. But like all of the tales of Greek mythology there is a lesson to be learned from this story. I feel that the message of this story is "Balance creativity with common sense." It also warns of the danger of letting excitement get the better of us.
As the story goes, Daedalus, a brilliant Greek man, made two magnificent pairs of wings out of feathers and wax for himself and his son , so they could escape from the island of Crete, where Daedalus was being held prisoner by King Minos. ." Daedalus called his son Icarus to him and told the boy to gather up all the feathers he could find on the rocky shore. As thousands of gulls soared over the island, Icarus soon collected a huge pile of feathers. The smallest feathers Daedalus pressed into the soft wax of the wing skeletons he had made, and the large ones he tied on with string. Icarus played on the beach happily while his father worked. Chasing the feathers that blew away in the strong wind that swept the island. And sometimes he took bits of wax and worked them into strange shapes with his fingers.
Finally one clear morning, the wings were finished, and Daedalus fastened the wings that he had made for his son to Icarus's shoulders, and his own wings to himself. He told Icarus to watch the movements of the birds, how they soared and glided overhead. He pointed out the slow, graceful sweep of their wings as they beat the air steadily,without fluttering. Soon, Icarus could fly too. Daedalus then called his son to his side, and putting his arm around the boys shoulders, said "Icarus, my son, we are about to make our flight. No human being has ever traveled through the air before, and I want you to listen carefully to my instructions. Keep at a moderate height, for if you fly too low the fog will spray and clog your wings, and if you fly too high the sun will melt your wings.
