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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull


The main seagull in "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" is named "Jonathan Livingston."

Jonathan in the novel always struggles to fly just a little, a little higher.

Regardless of the mocking of the other gulls, he makes endless effort to see farther.


Suddenly, in the middle of daily life, I find myself quietly watching Jonathan..

Does it really mean anything for a gull to see far?

Wouldn't the world, or reality, prefer an owl or a hawk over a gull straining to fly high?

In social life, does diverse experience and one's own values really mean anything..? I find myself thinking.


(http://www.lovecare.co.kr/poem/Seagull.htm)

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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