Should Icarus Have Listened To Daedalus Analysis

Icarus should have listened to Daedalus and took what he said into consideration when Daedalus cautioned him to be careful and to not fly too high to the sun or too low to the ocean. Children are often times more comfortable with extremes than adults are but being overly cautious and not cautious enough can both be bad things. Children should at least take into consideration what people who are older or more experienced have to say.

Icarus would not listen to the advice, and warnings that Daedalus was trying to tell him. As a result of Icarus not listening to what Daedalus warned him of, he faced a major conflict. If Icarus would have listened to Daedalus then, he would have not faced the consequence of landing in the ocean and he would have been much better off if he had just listened to Daedalus the first time. Icarus could have avoided this whole scenerio if he would have just simply listened.
He was being too risky and he was too comfortable with extremes whereas Daedalus is naturally more cautious and concerned.Naturally in the real world parents are most likely to be more cautious, and more uncomfortable with extremes where as children often times are more likely to make riskier choices and they are usually more comfortable with extremes. In lines 305-308 the text states: “While he was working, his son Icarus, with smiling countenance and unaware of danger to himself...”, this piece of evidence shows that Icarus was unaware of the danger that he placed himself in all as a result of him simply not listening. This can be related to our everyday life where we have to understand that there needs to be a balance between being too overprotective and being too risky and making bad choices that result in