Sophie's World

I. Introduction Sophie 's World was a strange, unique and unpredictable novel. This was a combination of a story and lecture about the History of Philosophy. The Author of the book is Jostein Gaarner, a Norwegian Intellectual. He was born into a pedagogical family. He taught high school philosophy for eleven years, so he must have been mastered the history of Philosophy. He often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. His best known work is this novel, Sophie 's World. It has been translated into fifty-three languages. Even though the book seems complicated but the presentation is comprehensive and easily understood to young adult. This novel was also used as a textbook in some school in the world. It is a good and interesting source of knowledge about Philosophy. Sophie 's World is both a novel and a lecture of the history of philosophy therefore the theme of the novel is Philosophy. The main character of the novel is Sophie and Alberto. They represent us, people, who needs philosophy to understand our world. Gaardner stresses that to be a philosopher we must never stop asking questions. It does not matter that there may be no answer to the question we ask. Because asking itself makes human. If we live without asking questions of philosophizing, then we just missed the greatest pleasure and understanding that we could ever have. Although it is not easy to seek easy answers about our question but atleast we have thought of an idea that in the future it could change the history and the belief of the present time. Gaarder shows us that even when philosophy is complicated, it revolves around simplicity. It is only difficulty in the start but if we could seek an answer of our questions, it may make our lives easier. When reading Sophie 's World, it made the complicated subject about Philosophy into a comprehensive novel about the history of Philosophy. It made us think that we exist during the time of each

Bibliography: Internet Jostein Gaardner, Author of Sophie 's World http://us.macmillan.com/author/josteingaarder http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1388082.Jostein_Gaarder http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/223065/Jostein-Gaarder Book Jostein Gaardner (1991). Sophie 's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy