Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Liberal arts in social sciences | Liberal arts in social sciences | 5/24/2012 |
The very first copies of this work were published in 1970. But only after second release of this book in 1972, it became a “best seller” and afterwards it made author famous around the world. Some may say, that this book is meant for those who are bored of their life and its daily routine. Well… they are right. But still, this book contains much more than just a perspective of one point of view for those readers, who are searching for satisfaction of perfection in their mind. And again – Richard Bach made his statement very clear about his book, that it is not a fairytale or story about birdies. The similarities with human life and society are obvious. Even at the very first pages Richard Bach wrote: “For real Jonathan Seagull – that lives in each of us.” Richard Bach shares his spiritual thoughts about this book with following words: “Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” For a certain extent, in my opinion, this small and philosophical masterpiece of Bach is/should be compulsory literature for each of us, who are learning their way to spirituality, self-development… anyone of us who wants to explore the world, life, cosmos… to understand it and make their horizons clearer to see, what faces us ahead. Even if this book is clearly defined as a novel and it is far away of our reality consciousness, I believe that this work is actually author’s autobiography, where he writes about his spiritual fight with society and his own mind. But… let me land down on the ground with this book and analyse it. It is obvious that this book belongs to few magical forms (for example – supernatural or magical realism) as a novel and is more obvious that this book is actually a fable in a form of novel. But it’s easier to say and define than
The very first copies of this work were published in 1970. But only after second release of this book in 1972, it became a “best seller” and afterwards it made author famous around the world. Some may say, that this book is meant for those who are bored of their life and its daily routine. Well… they are right. But still, this book contains much more than just a perspective of one point of view for those readers, who are searching for satisfaction of perfection in their mind. And again – Richard Bach made his statement very clear about his book, that it is not a fairytale or story about birdies. The similarities with human life and society are obvious. Even at the very first pages Richard Bach wrote: “For real Jonathan Seagull – that lives in each of us.” Richard Bach shares his spiritual thoughts about this book with following words: “Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” For a certain extent, in my opinion, this small and philosophical masterpiece of Bach is/should be compulsory literature for each of us, who are learning their way to spirituality, self-development… anyone of us who wants to explore the world, life, cosmos… to understand it and make their horizons clearer to see, what faces us ahead. Even if this book is clearly defined as a novel and it is far away of our reality consciousness, I believe that this work is actually author’s autobiography, where he writes about his spiritual fight with society and his own mind. But… let me land down on the ground with this book and analyse it. It is obvious that this book belongs to few magical forms (for example – supernatural or magical realism) as a novel and is more obvious that this book is actually a fable in a form of novel. But it’s easier to say and define than