In Old School, the narrator becomes completely obsessed with a fictional character named Roark, a strong-willed, independent architect who refuses to bend to the “weakness” of society. To the narrator, Roark symbolizes not only what it means to be a man, but what it means to be great. In this way, the narrator falls into the “Icarus trap”, meaning he fails to realize his reality and his limitations, and he ends up paying the price.
The narrator is determined to soar as “men were born to” (pg 70), and looks loathingly at all the conformity around him. He doesn’t even bother writing the story for Ayn Rand, although somehow believing that he has the competition in the bag. He is soaring too close to the sun: he is far from a lone wolf surrounded
The narrator is determined to soar as “men were born to” (pg 70), and looks loathingly at all the conformity around him. He doesn’t even bother writing the story for Ayn Rand, although somehow believing that he has the competition in the bag. He is soaring too close to the sun: he is far from a lone wolf surrounded