Ivan Markovitch A Problem

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First of all, I would like to analyze Dardalus. Daedalus is the Steve Jobs of Greek mythology. If something cool and new needs inventing, he's the man to do it. Various Greek writers credit Daedalus with inventing the axe, boat sails, a big maze called the "Labyrinth," statues that depicting people with separated legs and hands, and of course, fake wings for humans. At one point, he throws his nephew off the Acropolis after the poor kid invents a few contraptions that are cooler than Daedalus'. After this incident, Daedalus is forced to leave Athens and finds himself in crete.

Second of all, I would like to analyze Ivan Markovitch in the story “A problem”. When Sasha Uskov forges a note, the Uskov family gets a dark secret that nobody is allowed

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