May Selection:

[James]

Hey wsup guys, I'm pretty excited to dive into this one. I've heard
some great stuff about it.

1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safron Foer) - Andrew
Li /"um... obviously"

http://product.half.ebay.com/Extremely-Loud-and-Incredibly-Close_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ50340851

2. We'll try to meet on 5/14, Friday, so please try to keep that day
free.

3. I hope you guys enjoyed last month's book about seagulls, flying,
and the nudge that we often need in discovering our own potentials.
As promised at the bottom of this email are some questions to think
about with Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull // Richard Bach Discussion Questions:

1. Jonathan comments, "I am a seagull. I am limited by my nature. If
I were meant to learn so much about flying, I'd have charts for
brains...” My father was right. I must forget this foolishness. I must
fly home to the Flock and be content as I am, as a poor limited
seagull." Why has Jonathan given up? How does he view and consider
his own limitations? How does his opinions of his own inabilities
change?
2. In one sense, Jonathan Livingston Seagull portrays an antisocial
individualism that eventually contributes to society. Jonathan's
progress toward perfection begins only when he is ostracized from the
flock. He lives then as an airborne hermit until he meets with the
supersociety, an elite flock of gulls who, like Jonathan, concentrate
on perfect speed. Is the book advocating an elitism? Is Jonathan’s
obsession with flight selfishness? What are the redeeming qualities
of his efforts? What is his true struggle?
3. What is the significance of Kirk Maynard Gull's learning to fly in
spite of a broken wing? Is Jonathan being deified as some kind of
miracle worker or divine entity? The book seems to suggest that
Jonathan denies that he is a Christ figure. How then is the broken
seagull able to fly?
4. Jonathan in a sense finds redemption in his desire to rejoin the
flock and teach the gulls, he brings about a revolution in a certain
sense, within the flock. Is the desire or ability to fly something
that is lingering and already innate within the flock and its members,
or is the revolution the product of circumstances and manipulation?


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[Elisha E. Ann]

Great! I actually bought that book on Saturday without knowing it wa the next book! Will try to keep that day free... :)

Thanks again for organizing
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