"Icarus"

Mar 27, 2011 23:17

          In Don McKay’s poem “Icarus,” begins by stating that his title character “isn’t sorry.” (1) Instead he is “rehears[ing] flight and fall, tuning his moves...This is his practice” (5-8) for when he will attempt to fly again. He has learned from his mistakes, and now knows the melting point of wax so well that he is sure not to make the ( Read more... )

uglies, children of men, george orwell, dystopia, big brother, practice, 1984, sorry, icarus, don mckay

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katlogs March 29 2011, 01:22:55 UTC
Ooh! "Children of Men" was a great movie, and a great example of a dystopian society also!!

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kylekiro October 31 2011, 22:45:46 UTC
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