Some critics say there is an element in the book that is environmentalist or political, or exactly the opposite that it is like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. It is not seeking after perfection, but is actually anti-authority and tradition, and negative all round.
評論者都說到其中一部分，不論環保、政治，或者說和《天地一沙鷗》正好相反，不是追求極致，而是反權威、反傳統、否定一切……。