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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

I. Introduction This story is about Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. Richard Bach is an American writer. He was part of 141st Fighter Squadron in ASAF as a F-84F pilot. He was widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970’s best sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality and merely appearance. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is an adventurous and a fantasy story because he traveled the far cliffs and went to heaven and back to earth. II. Analysis A. Characters Jonathan Livingston Seagull – a seagull that loves flight more than anything else and the protagonist of the story. Sullivan – the instructor of Jonathan Livingston Seagull Chiang – an old seagull that taught Jonathan how to control time and space. Fletcher Lynd Seagull – a young seagull that loves to fly like Jonathan and the first student of Jonathan. Henry Calvin Gull – an outcast and one of the students of Jonathan. Kirk Maynard Gull – a seagull who has a weak wing but regained his strength after Jonathan said that he is free. Terrence William Seagull – a condemned bird and the 8th student of Jonathan. Martin William Seagull – a wizard of low speed flight. Charles – Ronald Gull – a high flyer sea gull. B. Plot and Plot Structures Introduction It was morning at a gentle sea when thousands of seagulls came to flight for bits of food. It was another day for seagulls to have the chance to eat food. But there was a seagull alone far away from the fighting seagulls, his name is Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Jonathan loves to fly more than anything else. He practices everyday to fly much faster and higher. But most gulls don’t mind to

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