Application #4

The book Sophie's World does not apply to my life in any way. I don't have a dog and the cat I do have definitely would not speak to me.also my mom wouldn't be cool with some strange man trying to befriend me especially at fourteen. Like she would not allow me to walk over to this old creepy man's dwelling all unsupervised. So basically those two examples of crazy things that have happened in the book kind of hint at the fact that Sophie's not in reality and she's the one who is actually a member of an alternate universe. That really irritates me though because  I feel like the beginning of the book was very normal so how dare the author switch up at the last centimeter of the book. That really upsets me.

Reflection #4? Idk what number

So I hate talking about the book Sophie's world because I really don't have anything to say but I guess I'll just discuss the fact that Alberto keeps on calling Sophie Hilde. I do not appreciate it and I don't think it's right that when she calls him out on it he pretends he didn't say it. I'd be really mad if someone kept calling me out of my name and then when I tried to say something or correct them they just laughed in my face like it was nothing. That's something about the philosopher Alberto that really irritates me. He never owns up to anything and he acts like Sophie's natural thoughts are idiotic. Also what is up with Hermes the dog talking? Dog's do not speak. I feel like the author of this book is a heavy drug user. Who even thinks this type of garbage up?? Also what type of name is Bjerkely like how do you even pronounce that. All in all I cannot stand this book and I will be eternally grateful when our class is done reading it. I liked watching Inception though. That movie was way more interesting and useful for our ongoing discussion about doubt than Sophie's world.

Reflection #3

Reflection #3
So this is awkward because I have nothing to say about this book right now and I was extremely sick this weekend with the flu so basically I got no class discussion. All I have to say is that I don't like the book because it's getting really stupid and it doesn't make any sense. Like I started out enjoying it because I thought it was quirky or something but I don't know if this is turning into some type of thriller or something because it's getting scary. Why did Hilde blink at Sophie in the magic mirror that time? What is that? And can Hilde PLEASE just keep up with her items so they don't all end up in Sophie's room? Is Hilde's father somehow using his sorcery to turn Sophie into his daughter Hilde? This is not okay and I do not appreciate Alberto acting like a weirdo and calling Sophie Hilde and then denying it because we all know what he called her. How dare he? I feel like he has a lot of nerve to come up out of the sewers talking about a philosophy course that nobody asked for like what is this?? Can she live her life? Sometimes I just wish Alberto would chill seriously can he take a day off of being a pervert for one chapter? Also I keep forgetting they're in Norway or wherever so I keep imagining the story in my neighborhood or something and it's kind of funny because everything is so familiar but peculiar. I feel like Alice from Alice in Wonderland or something. I used to think that the movie Alice in Wonderland was actually called Allison Wonderland, but it isn't. Either way I feel like her and I really would love to wake up forever. I would really appreciate it if we could just finish the reading and figure out why everything is so strange.

Reflection #2

The book is getting extremely trippy and the whole thing with the mirror is really haunting and freaks me out. Alberto is a weirdo for calling Sophie Hilde and the fact that he's so secretive. I don't think its right for him to keep Sophie in the dark about everything. I find that to be quite rude. The suggestion of reincarnation is ridiculous to me because that argument doesn't make sense because how would Hildes father know who Sophie and obviously who Hilde is. Also HOW is all of Hilde's belongings appearing in Sophie's room? Is she becoming Hilde or something? Also as a side note about religion I was thinking like what if there isn't one right religion since the majority of religions have different types of proof like miracles etc. what if whatever religion you choose is the one you need to live out following its rules and there's heaven and Nirvana and everything for all of the religious groups. I feel like something like that would be very very interesting to think about like we always wonder 'which religion is correct' but what if it's all correct like if I'm Christian and I decide that then I had better be the best Christian possible but if I'm a Satanist or something I had better worship the devil like no other. I don't know that's just what all of this religion talk made me think of.

Application #2
I don't think that what I read in the book Sophie's world over break can be very well connected with my life. Honestly, this book is just really starting to creep me out. I guess the only connection that sort of resonated with me was the reference to a lightbulb going off above a cartoon character's head as an indication of understanding. I'm really interested in etymology so Alberto's break down of the word "idea" really did fascinate me. It reminded me of how my advanced placement French teacher, Mr. McMullan, always goes through word origins when we learn new vocabulary to help us understand the true meaning of the word and how it came about. This portion of the book also made me think about languages in general because there really are tons and tons of languages out there in the world; there are probably more languages than I think there are! Anywho the book is just getting much further away from reality and harder to connect my own life with, but I do believe what Alberto was saying about God and nature because I feel like nature is proof of God's existence. Nothing can be this beautiful and terrifying and well structured without some high power and that's just it.