in one version of the greek myth about icarus, icarus escapes from prison by flying on wings made of feathers and wax but he flies too close to the sun and the wax melts. At the start of part three. Beatty alludes to icatus and compares him to montag. why?
In Section 3 of Fahrenheit 451,the mythic allusion on is a comparison of Montag to Icarus,
Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his damn wings, he wonders why.
The story of Icarus involves Icarus and his father Daedalus trying to escape from Crete. They uses feathers with wax holding them together. Daedalus warns his son not to fly too low or too high as the sun will melt the wax or the damp sea will weaken the wax. Icurus flies way too close to the sun and he crashes down into the sea. Montag's rebellion is very close to self-destruction.
