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Review - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A gull achieves greater consciousness. Happens all the time.
Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-29 20:33:24
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
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| Pages: | 127 |
| Year of Publication: | 1970 |
| Date Added: | 12/14/1998 |
| Notes: | "Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight — how to get from shore to food and back again," writes Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness. |
| My Rating: | 2 |