Jostein Gaarder

Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder is a novel about the history of philosophy, just like the cover says. This novel not only teaches the main ideas of many philosophers, but also their views on reality and history. We also learn how those philosophers ideas have shaped our own idea of reality today. Sophie is what connects all of the philosophers ideas presented. On the opening page of the fate chapter, three questions are asked by the philosopher (49). The first question asked is, “ Do you believe

“Who are you? Where does the world come from?” (Gaarder 7). For Sophie Amundsen, these two questions would lead her onto a philosophy course with her teacher Alberto Knox. Throughout the course, Sophie receives mysterious cards to Hilde Møller Knag from her father who is a UN major. Sophie’s lessons in philosophy and her quest to find Hilde made Jostein Gaarder’s novel Sophie’s World. This book teaches its readers about the history of philosophy, which is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge

as a free and responsible citizen. The third form of happiness is a life as thinker and philosopher.(Gaarder 105)” Aristotle almost had it right. If Aristotle had lived today, he might have changed his three forms to fit today’s age. Happiness could be achieved with love, free will and pursuing a meaningful life. Love In the book Sophie’s World a history of Philosophy written by Jostein Gaarder, Sophie Amundsen is learning the history of philosophy from letters that are sent using a dog named Hermes

does the world come from?” or letters from the unknown writer that would get her thinking long and hard because of this, the unknown letter writer had saved Sophie from the triviality of everyday existence. The book Sophie’s World written by Jostein Gaarder shows the reader to wonder more about the world. As a child, we would think philosophically about the world but the older we got, we would philosophically think less because we got used to the world To begin with, what are the most important

In this analysis I will be talking about the book Endangered by Eliot Schrefer. Throughout the book, Sophie, the main character, is on a journey into the jungle of Congo to save herself and her bonobo Otto, in the war torn country Congo. Eliot Schrefer uses theme in his book, Endangered, to develop the characters, setting and plot. To begin with, Sophie helps reveal the theme, keeping loved ones safe, by risking her life to save Otto, a bonobo. Firstly, she risks her life by jumping out of the

Sophie’s Change Sophie is an American girl with blonde hair who finds herself in a situation which leads her to find love, happiness and freedom from her fears. Not only that, but throughout the book she, as a person has changed. The suburban environment she was in had vanished, and the new, Mexican environment has sprouted a new Sophie altogether. In Red Glass, author Laura Resau describes 16 year old Sophie as an outsider who believes she is an amoeba, but as the book continues she slowly shapes

Sophie’s World Book Critique: Marx Jorge A. Suarez 10-12-14 APE1 In Sophie’s World, Sophie has an experience in the woods on her way to Alberto’s place with the infamous Scrooge, from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and a little match girl, from a tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Her experience goes beyond the characters; when Scrooge refuses to help the match girl, she threatens to burn down the woods and she says, “You didn’t know I was a communist, did you?” Alberto goes on

Sophie's political views were in the minority among her classmates. In the text, it states, "She was beginning to form her own political views, which she often wrote about in her diary and letters." This tells me that Sophie was forming her own views about the Holocaust, that was different from the other people. Finally, in paragraph 4 it states, "Though Sophie knew the correct National Socialistic answer to every question, she soon found herself unwilling to give her teachers the answers they wanted

support my argument I would use the film “The Book Thief” because it expresses both knowledge and the protagonist, Liesel’s will power to gain more knowledge. Another example that I will use is going to be taken from the novel “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder. This novel gets through with the example that Sophie wants to learn about the history of philosophy. One of the reasons why I agree is going to be pulled from “The Book Thief.” In this film the protagonist, Liesel, shows great compassion towards

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus: By giving Icarus the ability to fly, he has a freedom unfathomed by most. This freedom is too much for someone to handle and he does even what he is told not to, by flying close to the sun. -Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder: In one of Alberto’s letters to Sophie he talked about flying. A small experiment shows Sophie the difference between the ideas of a child and a grown adult, and how something like flying can get such a different reaction from the two. “One