LA Literary Analysis Essay
“He was bewitched by a sense of freedom and beat his wings frantically so that they could carry him higher and higher to heaven itself. The blazing sun beat down on the wings and softened the wax”(33). Maybe flight just isn’t right for humans; isn’t it why the Wright brothers invented airplanes. This well-liked myth is about a builder whose name is Daedalus and his beloved son Icarus.
When Theseus escape from King Minos, the ruler becomes greatly vexed at Daedalus and locks him in a tall tower in the middle of the ocean. But, Daedalus does indeed escape from the tower but he then becomes incarcerate on an island near Crete. The builder then constructs an incredible idea of creating wings and flying through the …show more content…
The blazing sun beat down on the wings and softened the wax”(33). Maybe flight just isn’t right for humans; isn’t it why the Wright brothers invented airplanes. This well-liked myth is about a builder whose name is Daedalus and his beloved son Icarus.
When Theseus escape from King Minos, the ruler becomes greatly vexed at Daedalus and locks him in a tall tower in the middle of the ocean. But, Daedalus does indeed escape from the tower but he then becomes incarcerate on an island near Crete. The builder then constructs an incredible idea of creating wings and flying through the air as a form of escape. He succeeds, but unfortunately, his son does not obey him and the adolescent hence regrettably dies. In Flight of Icarus, a Greek myth retold by Sally Benson and “Icarus’ Flight,” a poem by Stephen Dobyns, a crucial theme is freedom comes with a …show more content…
In this passage, it demonstrates how the adolescent is confused

and in the moment he does not notice that some of his feathers have fallen off and soon enough he
“plummeted” down into the deep blue waters. Not only did Icarus suffer from his flight, but so did his father. For instance on page 34, “... the joy of his flight was gone and his victory over the air was bitter to him.” In summary, both Daedalus and Icarus deserved their price for attempting human flight. Thus, the essential moral in the myth The flight of Icarus and “Icarus’ Flight” is that freedom comes with a price. So, if Icarus has only heeded his father’s words and if he has stayed at the limit of human freedom in the air; then he would not have faced a calamitous price for both him and his father.
This young man isn’t the only citizen that has experienced a catastrophic death. In like manner, hundreds of young adults all around the United States have died at a young age due to the fact that the minimum driving age in this country is 16. Since young adults are being handed a huge responsibility, some citizens who are careless or they do not heed their parent’s advice tend to misuse the independence of driving and end up in a life-threatening crash. Also, all crashes that involve in deaths could also affect loved ones, just like how Icarus’ death had a prodigious