Jonathan livingston seagull. who is chiang

After Fletcher crashes into a cliff and has a near-death experience, which he returns to life from, the others begin to hail Fletcher, too, as a Divine gull.

Jonathan tells Fletcher that it is time for him to ascend, and leave Fletcher behind to continue his legacy. He feels like a failure and wishes that he would drown. He decides to fly home to his flock and try to be content, knowing that attempting normalcy will make everybody else happy.

The other seagulls are only interested in fighting over food, but Jonathan wants to fly. Eventually he learns to fly so high that he reaches another plane of existence—a sort of seagull heaven. In this place, he meets Sullivan. Sullivan serves as a mentor to Jonathan, teaching him new flying techniques. He yearns to share all the knowledge he has gleaned with other seagulls who want to excel in flight and to be immersed in the truths that he cherishes.

This is the main reason Jonathan wants to return to the flock, despite his outcast status. The Elder Gull proclaims Jonathan Outcast and banishes him to the Far Cliffs as a result of his reckless experimentations with flight. Did he die??? For the gulls in this new place, what is the most important thing in living? Here were gulls who thought as he thought, For each of them, the most important thing in living was to reach out and touch perfection in that which they most loved to do, and that was to fly.

How does Chiang define heaven? Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. For me Heaven is neither a place nor is it being perfect. For me it is a state of eternal happiness. According to Sullivan, why is Jonathan such a good student? Normal seagulls would take a thousand lives to learn what he learned in one life. That would be so cool if I could do that. Instead of reading history books, you go back to that time in history.

The possibilities are endless. You will be ready to begin to fly up and know the meaning of kindness and of love. What were Chiang's last words to Jonathan? What did Jonathan decide to do at the end of part two? Sully I must go back Back must mean home, the place where he was, rejected, isolated unappreciated and called the Outcast. He went back to see and if ever there is one help a seagull like him, struggling to learn how to fly.

Vocabulary Definitions: Faltered- to hesitate My Questions: 1. What color was the sky of the world Jonathan first teleported to? Soon, he develops his skills in isolation and finds a path to a new realm where greatness is celebrated.

He learns from the best in this realm and then returns to share his gifts of wisdom and knowledge with young gulls. It becomes a great teacher but is troubled by his growing status as a divine being in the world. One day, Jonathan disappears into the blue sky after passing on his responsibilities to Fletcher, his student.

In the end, Jonathan returns to continue his teaching. He finds Anthony who rejects myths and just wants to fly higher and further. Jonathan then offers to teach Anthony as he sees the same fire of desire in Anthony.