Michael's 2 Book review on Jonathan Livinston Seagull

Book Review of Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Significance: This work matters because it is teaching you to live to the fullest. And it is possible to be different and it is not a bad thing. Even if people don’t accept you for being different ignore them. I chose this piece because I wanted to keep reading about life and what it is about and how to change it. I also chose this piece because it speaks to you and wants you to be different, and that does not mean that you are weird.

Perspective: I would explain this to a 3rd grader by saying, if you want to be different and not be the same then go ahead and do your fullest. And be the one to stand out. And if people think you are weird, OH WELL. It is okay. And that is a good thing. The perspective of this of this author’s work is a seagull and he wants to fly but his tribe has banned him from flying and has no choice but to leave, so he can do what he does best, fly.

Evidence: A fact in this book is that Jonathan loves to fly and nothing will keep him from doing it and another fact is that he is different and to him that is okay. But to the tribe it is not. An opinion is that the tribe thinks it is bad to be different, another one is that they think people should be banned from a family because he/she is different. The difference between those two things are that a fact is something that is true and that is what it is and an opinion is someone’s belief and an opinion can change. For better or for worse. I support the opinion that it is okay to be different and that nothing horrible will come out of that. I support that because if everyone was the some our world would be a boring place. But if some people are different the world can be magical.

Connection: My opinion can affect people today. It might for some people and others not. It can affect people by making them want to change so they can be different and then that person can go on and change another person’s opinion. So then eventually everyone can be different in their own way! This connects to the last SPEC’S I did because it is about life and how the world acts and the good and bad things about our world. And that life can be different in so many ways. Even if people disagree with you.

Supposition: I think that if I changed this piece I would make it longer, so that it can tell about how Jonathan learns to be a master and travel super fast anywhere. I would also change it so that the whole tribe can see him be a master and that he actually learned something from all of that flying. And that nothing bad came out of it. A prediction I made from this book is that change is good and that is not bad and that you can be who you want to be even if it means you have to leave your friends behind because they won’t accept you the way you are.