Jonathan

Jonathan King, 19, the alert son of a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish farmer and minister, tries to understand the restrictions of the tight-knit community of which he is a part."Whey," he questions, "must I dress in the drab colors and homemade clothes Amishmen have worn for three hundred years?"What virtue can there be in struggling along behind a mule-drawn plow while neighbors work their fields with ease on powerful tractors?Jonathan's quest for personal freedom inevitably brings him into conflict with the leaders of his church. Failing to understand Jonathan and his inner struggles, they ban him their group.