Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a book about a rebellious seagull who challenges the traditional ways of living that seagulls have used for thousands of years.
He not only challenges their way of life, which is threatening to the older gulls, but he introduces a new unconventional way of flying which results in the elders banishing him for his unorthodox ideas.
In addition to Jonathan being a seagull of advanced ideology, he is also introducing a kind of religious worship into the gull community, the ability to enjoy life beyond the mere exercise of survival.
Jonathan spends time in heaven where he is taught to live a higher existence. He is given a task to bring love and kindness back to earth.
When Jonathan tries to inspire other gulls to practice his lifestyle, the elders ban him.
Jonathan tries to inspire other gulls to live a life in search of freedom, he tells the other gulls not to fall prey to superstition, or limitations that inhibit individual realization of personal growth and freedom.
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