Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Social Concerns
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is especially notable for how briefly (10,000 words) it integrates the reader into an optimistic vision. The story collects the many socially important themes into a fable of values appropriate to audiences from junior high school on.
In one sense, Jonathan Livingston Seagull portrays an antisocial individualism that eventually contributes to society. Jonathan's truest progress toward perfection begins only when he is ostracized from the Flock (society), after which he lives as an airborne hermit until he meets with the super society, an...
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