In the novel Sophie's world, the author has two stories going on at the same time. One is the philosophy and just how philosophers developed, whereas the other story is of Sophie, a fourteen year old girl who is just learning about this all.
Sophie connects to us, she shows how blind we turn and how we reach a point in our lives where we can either lose all interest in the world, or go farther into trying to figure out what everything is about.
By having the second story of Sophie weave into the philosophy the author shows the relevance of philosophy to normal kids.
Most people think that philosophy is pointless and should just be left alone, "life is the way it is because it is this way" and that is how people like it. They do not want to spend their time trying to figure out why everything is the way it is.
By showing that even someone like us, Sophie, can have such a connected to something so "forgotten," shows us that maybe it is not as forgotten as we thought.
By looking at teenagers today the author probably found out how he should make Sophie.
First she was very curious yet resilient as to why philosophy? And why all these stupid questions? But as she started to look into what the author kept sending her, she started to apply it to her life. Soon, philosophy was the first thing on her mind. This is how we work, show us something new, make us interested and it will be the main thing we think about!
Overall, Sophie makes the novel much more relatable to kids like us. She makes something we think is so far away from us, philosophy, seem relevant and relatable.
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