He wants to push his limits, to find out what is possible. Still, Jonathan spends his days experimenting with high-speed dives and flying very low over the water. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." His father tells him that "The reason you fly is to eat", and that flying for the sake of it is not done. Jonathan is different to other birds in his flock: "For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. The book is now a symbol of the alternative or New Age spirituality that emerged at this time - yet as many have noted, Jonathan's experience in the story is an allegory for the life of Jesus Christ. It consists of fewer than 100 pages, including many dreamy photographs of gulls in action. But what exactly is this book, and is it still worth reading?īach's bestseller is an uplifting fable of a seagull, Jonathan, who decides he is much more than just a seagull, who wants something else out of life. Like Starsky and Hutch, Jaws and flared jeans, Jonathan Livingston Seagull was one of the hits of the 1970s.
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