Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Themes
More specific than Bach's advice is the book's implication that if one does what he likes and ignores everything else, he will be fulfilled and transcend even death with few problems. Stated directly, this message seems naive and impossible. But as the book heightens and oversimplifies, the reader can complicate the meaning as he wishes, accepting the allegory conditionally and concluding that its emotion laden implications might well be true.
One reason the reader might do this is that the book's themes are presented mystically. As the story progresses, the reader may, largely...
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