Study Guide

Icarus

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Icarus is most famous for not being able to follow simple instructions. He and his dad, Daedalus, the brilliant inventor, were trying to bust out of jail on Crete by flying off on wings that Daedalus had made out of feathers and wax. Daedalus very specifically told Icarus not to fly too close to the sea or too close to the sun. Of course, Icarus totally didn't listen and zoomed up to the sun as fast as his little wings could carry him. Before he knew it, wax was melting, feathers were flying everywhere, and he was tumbling to his death in the sea.

Basic Information

Name	Icarus
Nickname	Ikarus, Angel Boy
Sex	Male
Current city	Elysium, the Underworld

Work & Education

Occupation	Test Pilot
Education	Daedalus' School of Aeronautics (Dropped out—literally)

Beliefs

Political views

Anti-Minos Party

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Mom: Naucrate Dad: Daedalus
Friends	Daedalus (I didn't really live long enough to make any other friends.)
Enemies	King Minos (I never would have died if this guy hadn't locked me and my Dad up.)

Relationships

Relationship status

Single

Favorites

Quotations	"Funny how fallin' feel like flyin'... for a little while." – Bad Blake "I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky." – R. Kelly "Pride goeth before a fall." – Elision from the Bible "Falling slowly, eyes that know me And I can't go back The moods that take me and erase me And I'm painted black" – Glen Hansard
Books	"The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Fences by August Wilson "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Icarus Swinebuckle by Michael Garland Flying Machines: Construction and Operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by Thomas Herbert Russel, Octave Chanute, and William James Jackman The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Music	Fallin' and Flyin' performed by Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart soundtrack) Parachutes (Funeral Song) by Mates of State Comeback Kid by Sleigh Bells Cat's in the Cradle by Cat Stevens Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Seven Stars by Air Free Fallin' by Tom Petty I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden I'll Fly Away by Johnny Cash
Movies	Up Prison Break Ironman Rebel Without a Cause Superman Birdman of Alcatraz Sunshine The Rocketeer Avatar The Boy Who Could Fly

Activities & Interests

Likes	Hang gliding Sunbathing Kite flying Prison breaks Base jumping Remote-control airplanes
Interests	Man-powered flight Sun Worship
Groups	Daredevils Hang gliders Sun lovers Pigeon Enthusiasts

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