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Summary: If you have never read this book...
Review: ...you need to get it. It's short, it's light, it has pictures, and nowhere else will you read a better 127 pages of literature that remind you that it is OK to break from the flock.
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Summary: A motivational work of literature...
Review: Story of motivation, story of achievement... Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a story of seagull who breaks the barriers of the norm and reaches the ultimate planes of spirituality. His relentless battle with the world teaches him to spread unlimited love and kindness on earth and beyond...
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Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Review: Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a novel about a seagull who wishes to improve himself and to be able to fly faster and better. He is expelled from his flock for this desire, so he continues to live life alone and establish his individuality. Jonathan struggles to reach perfection in his life by flying; this theme of striving for perfection is ever constant in his growth. The story is provocative and makes the reader think about his or her own life. I enjoyed this amazing precursor to the 70's, when people were striving to reach inside themselves to "find" themselves and be individuals. The novel by Richard Bach is full of great metaphors that can be interpreted by the reader in many different ways depending on his or her point of view. This book can be about anything you want it to be. It can be about life in general, a day in your life, a job, a goal, or almost anything. It's about making happen that which is important to you; its about making a commitment to accomplish your goal so you stick to it no matter what. In Bach's own interpretation of the book he says, "Find out what you love to do and do your darndest to make it happen." He also says the book was the result of a series of visions; that he really didn't write it by himself, leading one to realize the book is open to interpretation. Setting and accomplishing your own goals and deciding on your own destiny is socially significant in any society; it is important to every individual. There really isn't much of a plot in this book, and most of it is set in the air. The whole story is a metaphor for rising to and meeting your goals, then setting higher goals. Jonathan tells his mother, "I don't mind being bones and feathers... I just want to know what I can and can't do in the air" (p.13-14). Once Jonathan reaches his peak, he is confronted by other gulls who tell him, "We are from your flock... we are your brothers...we've come to take you higher...One school has finished and it is time for another to begin" (p.53). As in life, we tend to reach a certain point where we are saturated with what is available and then we move on, to learn more in a new place. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a provocative story that induces the reader to contemplate life. It expresses the ability of an individual to succeed at his or her own goals with or without a group. It is an interesting book and "readers find themselves motivated and inspired by a book that reflects their desire for success, freedom, perfection, and love." This simple story about an everyday creature is really a metaphor for life. Accomplish your goals and ambitions, then create new and higher ones. As Jonathan learns, "The gull sees farthest who flies highest" (p.86).
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Summary: the bird that flew
Review: You sould read this book because it's very discriptive.There is tons of parts that relate to real life.There also is alot mediforical scences.this one part was "When one of Jonh's students was flying.He was just about to hit a baby bird at 200 miles per hour.He moved fast to the left and prepared to hit a cliff.When he was sourounde by a white light." This relates to life by if you have a problem theres always a soulution,and another part was when jonathan described the feeling when he finaly got his nose dive pullout perfect he said"It felt like heaven. Thats like the fealing when you get something right when you've got it rong so many times.In conclusion you sould read this book its just a great book.
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Summary: Am I the only one?
Review: Mostly everyone got this book for their children or for personal inspiration. I am 17 and found a less 'childrens' book attitude. Maybe I have a biased opinion or something but I found a little bit of a deeper meaning. I found the whole novel somewhat metaphorical to homosexuality. The way Jonathan is outcasted from his flock (society) and forced to live with only his kind. When he learns to love both himself and the others that misunderstood himself he decides to go back to his original 'earth'. He finds Flecther who also shares his past self. He teaches him and others. They eventually go to teach the whole flock together.
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Summary: The Futures Best Seagull
Review: This was a very good book! It was about a Flock of seagulls that they thought that the only reason to even live was to fly for food to survive. Jonathan Livingston Seagull was the only gull in the Flock that thought otherwise. Jonathan wouldn't stay with the Flock. All that he wanted to do was fly. Everyday, day after day, he would practice flying. His instructor, Sullivan, taught him new things everyday. Jonathan then went a step further, he went for speed. When Jonathan was practicing speed, he came upon a shoreline where he met Elder Seagull. Elder was the fastest seagull and no one has ever been able to beat him, until he showed Jonathan his trick. Do you think that Jonathan learned how, or did he just walk away from Elder Seagull? I liked this book because it was very interesting. Jonathan Livingston Seagull was an Outcast and wasn't like all the others. He kind of went his own way,and what the others did didn't matter to him. This book taught me a lot and if you read or have read it,I hope that it teaches or has taught you something.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: This was an excellent book to ponder and enjoy. It is easy to understand yet has great depth! Excellent!
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Summary: Pointless, boring, a waste of time...
Review: I read this book while I was in a tent high on the upper part of Kilimanjaro, looking for some inspiration, and got nothing but a silly story about a rebel seagull. Apparently, it's supposed to be an allegory. Apparently.
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Summary: Self-believe
Review: Richard Bach(Writer)and Russell Munson(Photographer)superb with this book, brilliant creation. Timeless classic about a seagull named Jonathan. Jonathan is a seagull who is not contented with his normal life. He want to try out new flying techniques.He strike for the best in himself, seeking perfection,set a higher goal and show a good example for all to learn. How it yearn to learn the art of living. Jonathon wants to learn to fly perfectly. It's goal is striving for the best. The moral of the story is that we must believe in ourselves in things we do and the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life.
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Summary: Helps you realize the purpose of life
Review: This is not just a book. It has the power to change the way you live your life, forever. It helped me understand the latent immense potential of every being, living and non-living. Everyone of us has a purpose, whether we realize it or not. All of us are capable of doing whatever we want to do. There are absolutely no limits to neither the strength nor the speed with which we can achieve what we want. Life has a meaning. If we can truly find what it is, we can get the real never-ending happiness in life.
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