Sophie’s World is about the life of a 14 year-old girl called Sophie Amundsen. It takes you on a journey though 3000 years of Western philosophy‚ presenting important and in most cases annoying questions.<br><br>This is the explanation of philosophy and philosophers given in the book:<br>"A white rabbit is pulled out of a top hat. Because it is an extremely large rabbit‚ the trick takes many billions of years. All mortals are born at the very tip of the rabbit’s fine hairs‚ where they are in a position
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selfish‚ emotionless and unexplainable hate towards Sophie. Adrienne leads her friend Braidie‚ who contributes on a more subtle level to this motif of monstrous behaviour. Adrienne shows her sinister leadership by constantly instigating a form of abuse towards Sophie. "Adrienne leans into Sofie so that Sofie is squished‚" (P.42) causing apparent physical harm. Mentally‚ Adrienne’s inhuman natural instinct is to be as cruel as possible to Sophie. Adrienne replacing her identity by a two letter word
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For my journal‚ I will discuss the characters‚ their setting‚ and what I believe will happen based on these things in the book Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins. Our main character Sophie is a “huge dork”(pg 40) of a sixteen year old “plain” (pg 34) girl‚ who has “brown hair‚ freckles‚ and the whole girl-next-door vibe going on” (pg 22). She is a “witch” (pg 11) who is “really bad at girl stuff” (pg 39). She was raised by her mom‚ “Grace Mercer” (pg 22)‚ who is a “human” (pg 84)‚ “Religious Studies teacher”
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a sixty eight year old Chinese Immigrant Meanie. Speaking in “broken English” the grandmother is keen to narrate the events surrounding her daughter Natalie‚ her granddaughter‚ Sophie‚ and her son-in-law John who is also Irish. She does not agree with the American way of raising kids and wishes she could discipline Sophie the way a proper Chinese girl should be raised. The main focus is on how a woman’s granddaughter is growing up differently than how she raised her daughter‚ which brings conflict
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Chapter five was a situation with David‚ Sophie and Alan. David and Sophie were together until Alan arrived. Alan glanced at the sandy ground while looking at Sophie’s footprints that included an extra toe on each foot (p.44). David flung himself on Alan angrily from asking all the stupid questions about Sophie’s foot. To the naked eye this exemplifies bad behavior towards David for fighting with Alan. However‚ David obviously could not bear to see Sophie treated and humiliated like a deviant because
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The Most Complex Relationship In Breathe‚ Eyes‚ Memory‚ Tante Atie usually tells about the chunk of the sky and flower petals story to explain from where Sophie was born‚ but of course‚ Sophie is not an exception of nature. Like billions of girls all over the world‚ she was linked to her mother’s body by the placenta‚ and lived in the womb for nine months before being greeted by the world. When the placenta is removed – a girl and her mother do not share the same body any more‚ however
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granddaughter is wild‚ not like her daughter or herself. In the grandmother¡¦s opinion‚ if her granddaughter Sophie does not act like other Chinese girls‚ she is wild. In other words‚ the narrator seems to think people coming from a different culture are weird. After that‚ the narrator talked about her son-in-law. She thought she did not understand him because he could neither find a job nor look after Sophie. Grandmother said‚¡¨Plain boiled food‚ plain boiled thinking. Even his name is plain boiled: John¡¨
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friend Sophie is a competitive gymnast and trains at least three hours a day‚ six days a week‚ for as long as you can remember. She does great in school and gets straight A’s on her report cards. You usually tell each other everything‚ but lately she is always moody‚ irritable and hard to talk to. Her competitive gymnastics training has led her to attempt eating healthy but she has always been a picky eater and never liked vegetables‚ and refused to eat butter or ice cream. Recently Sophie has realized
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"Yes‚ Sophie‚" Kyra says. "You’re the last one." "That means you have to wear the chicken suit‚" says Jazmine‚ she throws her hand-knitted shawl over her shoulders. "I think you should go to Kyra her home." Kyra grins broadly. She was the last girl in the group
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immigrant Chinese grandmother. This story is based on her thoughts and feelings about being a grandmother. The point of view focuses on the grandmother and begins the story talking about her background. The story is arranged in chronological order. First‚ Sophie Shea‚ the granddaughter is introduced. Then Sophie’s families background. The
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