He warns his son not to get too close to the sun because the wax used to fix the wings to the plane will melt from the heat of the sun. But Icarus is enjoying himself so much that he ignores his father's warning and flies too high. The wax melts, and he falls into the Aegean Sea. The drawing shows Icarus disappearing into the sea. Around him, people fish, farmers plough and shepherds gaze into the skies to forecast the weather.
People act as if nothing had happened at the site of the disaster.
Even more shocking, there is a luxury boat sailing calmly past Icarus despite the boy's splashes and cries. I would also like to introduce a poem by Siegfried Sassoon. This was written in 1917, during the First World War. Many who went to the front came back without their legs or their eyesight. Some suffered nervous breakdowns from shock of various kinds.