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ENGLISH READING REPORT

“DAEDALUS AND ICARUS”

AUTHOR: Nick Pontikis

NAME: GABRIELLE MARIE MORENO TEACHER: Mrs.FRAYAMAE MONTES GR. & SECTION: 10- JOAQUIN

15 Difficult words

1. Dwelling - living in a particular type of place
2. Prominence - Being significantly important or well-known
3. Lingers - to take longer than is usual to do something
4. Fleet - a number of warships functioning as a single unit under one command
5. Fierce - aggression or anger
6. Tyrant - in ancient Greece, a ruler who took control of a state without legal sanction and governed with absolute power
7. Tribute - a payment made by one ruler or state to another as a sign of submission
8. Gimlet - a small tool for boring holes in wood consisting of a slim metal rod with a sharp corkscrew end
9. Fortified - to strengthen or reinforce the structure of something
10. Vague - unclear or incoherent in thinking or expression
11. Elaborate - having many different parts or a lot of detail
12. Forbade – Not allowed to do something
13. Eagerly – enthusiastic and excited about something and impatiently waiting to do or get it
14. Lest – (or else) in order to prevent something happening, especially something causing fear
15. Perish – to die

THEME

pride and punishment. MORAL LESSON: The moral lesson of the story Daedalus and Icarus is that you should always listen to what your elders tell you to do. The basic concept of the story Daedalus and Icarus is that hubris is a bad thing. It could be said that the subtext is that you should always heed the advice of your elders, particularly your parents.

SUMMARY

Daedalus was an inventor who lived in Athens. It was said he could bend nature to his will. Minos, the king of the island of Crete, had heard of this reputation and took Daedalus and his son, Icarus, to Crete where he tasks them with helping to make an astonishing palace; a labyrinth of such complexity that no one could escape from it. When the palace is completed, Daedalus wants to return to Crete with his son but the king will not allow it. One day Daedalus comes up with a plan for their escape and he fashions wings out of feathers and wax for himself and Icarus to escape by. At first it seems the plan is working, but then Icarus flies too close to the heat of the sun, his feathers fall away and he plummets to his death.