Rating: 
Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull - No One Has Limits!
Review: The book Jonathan Livingston seagull was about a seagull that wanted to be better than the rest of the flock.The main character in the book was Jonathan. The story started when he thought he was a limited seagull but he kept trying to fly fast and finally he went 140 mph (miles per hour ) at 2,000 feet and it was under control! Then he thought how fast he would go at 5,000 feet. At 5,000 feet he went 214 mph (miles per hour ) the second time he went up to 5,000 feet he went 250 mph.When he went up to 8,000 feet and he learned to role, twist and curve and by that night he was so dizzy! The next morning the flock had a meeting and they called Jonathan to the center of the circle, and only honored gulls got to go in the center of the circle but when they called Jonathan to come to the center of the circle they said "Jonathan come to the center of shame" and they all laughed. Jonathan was always trying new things for a example, he was always trying to fly the fastest. He would fly up to a height of 2,000 feet fold back his wing and fly on his wing tips and then drops straight down reaching speeds up to 230 mph (miles per hour ). He taught eight other seagulls about the beauty of flying he also taught them how to fly really fast. Jonathan was special because he thought no one had limits.I liked Jonathan Livingston seagull because he thought no one had limits and I think that is true!
Rating: 
Summary: Great Book
Review: Jonathan I loved this book. Jonathan when he came back to help the birds on a lower level of spiritual development, is like, Michael in the book An Encounter With A Prophet, coming back to help Nathaniel. Their statements of truth seem rather hard to accept at first, even by those high flyers who want more than the "herd" or "the flock" are willing to blindly accept as truth.
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful tale of a compulsive learner
Review: I first read this thin book with lots of black and white photos of flying seagulls at age 18, while taking a break from my intensive preparations for my "A' level exams in the school library. It turned out to give me much more than a break: It set my spirits soaring as I read and identified with Jonathan for being so enthralled in doing what he loves doing that he "forgets" everything else. The other seagulls "flew to eat" while he "ate to fly". In a way, Jonathan is symbolic of people who "live to learn" while many others merely "learn to live". Since then, I've re-read this book two or three times at different ages - in my twenties and more recently, in my thirties. Its meaning to me and the feeling of kindred spirits turned out to be stronger than ever. This is now one of my prized possessions.
Rating:
Summary: From the author of The Spirit of Joy
Review: It was over a decade ago that I began my spiritual journey of transformation. For all those years, in all the self-help bookstores I dropped in on, I found a copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Not once did I even pick it up. Then, one fateful day, I held it in my hands, opened it up, and began to read. And read. And read. Wow! What a beautiful book about the awakening of the soul, about soaring with spirit! This is a book about the courage to fly free, about the courage to throw out the shackles of society that keep us down, about realizing that this life is not about what you are given, but about what you do with those gifts. And, my friends, this book reminds us that we can all soar,.
Rating: 
Summary: Way too didactic
Review: I just read this because it was so famous. I think that's really the only reason to read it, to know what all the fuss is about. Bach thinks he knows what he's talking about here, but comes out sounding really didactic and boring and narcissistic. All you need to do to make this similar to something from the Bible is switch a few words around; I don't enjoy that sort of allegory. (Jonathan, also known as Son of the Great Gull?) And then, a lot of the meanings behind this story are dead cliches; "do what you love and you will be happy." Give me a break here; if you want a little religious didactic story that's fun and expository and by Bach, read "One." Skip this one.
Rating:
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.
Rating:
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...
Rating:
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).
Rating:
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.
Rating:
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.
| 
