June's Book

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach

June 29th (5th Thurs)
7:30pm at Sarah F.'s 


Note from Sarah

Here are some questions to think about as you read/rethink what you read and I'd love to hear what you guys think on Thursday. I love analyzing literature and hope you do too!

-Why did the author choose a seagull as the base of his story/what could be some of the symbolism?

-Why flight/flying as the 'goal' (what's the symbolism in flight)?

-In what ways did Jonathan begin to understand that he was more than a 'limited mortal' (or perhaps think of it as an eternal being)?

-What can we learn about love and missionary work in the story? (How did Jonathan help Fletcher and others)

-How is forgiveness and love one of the keys to learning and progressing in the story? What are some of the other keys discussed?

-In what ways are we like Jonathan? In what ways are we like Fletcher? What is the Flock-are we?

Bring other thoughts/questions/discussions as you'd like.

If you are looking for something else to read in the meantime-I highly suggest Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson...many parts of it match well with Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Summary from Amazon:
This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves...peopel who know there's more to this living than meets the eye:  they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed.

A pioneering work that wed graphics with words, Jonathan Livingston Seagull now enjoys a whole new life.

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February's Book

Ella Minnow Pea  
A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn

February 18th (3rd Thurs)
8pm at Andi M.'s 

Summary:
Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina.  Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal pangram, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the islands Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as the fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop.  As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel.  The result is both a hilarious and moving story of the girl's fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere.

summary from PCPL

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