Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
Junior English Only
The theme for this unit deals with "Living Within Society's Norms and Breaking Out Of Society's Norms."  Where The Scarlet Letter and Ethan Frome deal with the living within societies norms, Jonathan Livingston Seagull joins Harold and Maude in breaking out of society's norms.  They are also teamed up with Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson to show the different philosophies of rebelling against society.  In the 1860's, there was a philosophy started called Transcendentalism, a belief of transcending beyond one's own limits and being an individual.  Through Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Harold and Maude, Emerson, and Thoreau, we will study the idea of transcendentalism and how it relates to the past and the present.  If we read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the final project will be personal essay, where the student compares them self with Jonathan. Below is a brief description of the novel.
 
 
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams.

View more photos and a small tribute to Jonathan Livingston Seagull go to ETHAN PAGE FOR THE REAL JONATHAN
 

The Scarlet Letter The Crucible Harold and Maude
Ethan Frome The Great Gatsby Of Mice and Men
The Moon is Down Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman Tim O'Brien
Pudd'nhead Wilson Jonathan Livingston Seagull Fahrenheit 451
Stephen King Inherit The Wind

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