Who is Icarus? And why? D. and S. have different ideas about what led to the wax holding his wings together to melt, and consequently about what caused him to plunge into the sea. It’s undeniable that Icarus got too excited. D. says that makes him a hero, arguing that the outcome implies that you have to fall yourself, that warnings (in this case, his father’s, and especially because of that) are there to be ignored.

 

Sure, you fall. So what? It's very important not to listen to your father. You need to fall for yourself. So what?, S. says, that story only shows that vanity is a doom. He sacrificed his life for this vain. He could’ve kept flying. 

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- words by Guilherme Vilhena Martins -