post #4 icarus.

"Icarus' father made some wings that he fastened with wax. 'Never fly but so high with these wings,' the father said. But soaring around, this way, that way, Icarus' flying pleased him so that he began thinking he was flying on his own merit. Higher he flew-higher-until the heat of the sun melted the wax holding those wings. And down cam Icarus--tumbling" (Haley 293). This picture depicts Icarus' fall back down towards earth, or what i would also call reality. This little dash of Greek mythology really managed to emphasize Malcolm's reflection on how he knew that his downfall would be approaching soon. It's funny how sometimes we don't realize how we are so blind as to not see how we all manage to spiral out of control, using the fuel of our egos to propel us. At this point in his life, Malcolm was beginning to get a little too arrogant and controlling by sort of transforming his preaching of the Islamic religion into heated debates in order to lash out on those who didn't agree with his beliefs. At this point, I feel as though the attention that he was getting, was influencing him to construe fiery and irrational comments in order to attract the media...and soon all of this fanfare that was encompassing him would soon come to a dead kind of silence. 

I can relate to this Icarus story because being a teen, you sometimes think that the world revolves around you. I'll admit that this does happen to me (once in a blue moon lol), and I can relate to how Icarus forgot who had made him able to fly, as I sometimes forget about the needs of the family who has raised me to be who I am today. When I get too wrapped up in my friends and school, I start soaring a little too high, but thanks to my parents, as quickly as i soar, i manage coming back down to reality just as quickly. For this i am fortunate to have my parents occasionally reminding me to reexamine my current actions, and reminding me to respect the ones who deserve it most--> who will forever be my loving family. <3.  class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;">