Sophie Essay Research Paper As the story

Sophie Essay, Research Paper

As the story progresses in Sophie s World, Sophie Amundsen continues on with her

philosophy lessons. As she gets more and more involved with these lessons she soon

starts to really look at things in the world at a different perspective. Still strange things

are occurring to Sophie like her getting postcards from Hildes father from the UN

Battalion in Lebanon. Sophie still can not figure out why these postcards are coming to

her and not Hilde. Sophie starts learning about the Hellenistic Age in pages 121- 139.

Hellenism, is an interest in, a devotion to, and imitation of the culture and ideals of

ancient Greece, especially as developed in Athens n the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The

term, implying an unrestricted, pagan love of life, is often used in contrast to Hebraism,

which implies an austerely moralistic, less sensuous, way of life. The two main

philosophical schools that Sophie learned about were Stoicism and Epicureanism. The

Stoics taught that one should live according to nature, which is the reason of Logos that

permenates all things. The sage who follows this advice will achieve apatheia, or freedom

from suffering. The Epicureans held that all things are composed of atoms and the void

and that a simple life is preferable to empty wealth and fame. Their goal was ataraxia, or

tranquillity. After reading about the Hellenistic Age she started to question the divine I .

Could she believe that she carried inside herself a soul that was from a spark of fire. If

that was true then she would be the true divine creature.

Several days had gone by that she had not heard from her teacher Alberto Knoxs,

so she decided to go camping with Joanna. Both Sophie and Joanna decided to take a

look around the Major house (the house that Sophie knew was once occupied by her

philosophy teacher). There she and Joanna found postcards to Hilde and soon enough

Sophie let Joanna in on the things that were going on. Joanna now knew the secret that

Sophie was hiding. The two girls left the house but Sophie took a brass mirror with her

that was in the house. Joanna was spooked about the whole thing that was going on so

they went home. When Sophie got home she hung the large mirror on the wall in her

room.

The following morning Sophie received another brown envelope with her next

lesson. Her next lesson consisted the information about the Indo-Europeans, Semites,

Israelis, Jesus, and the Pharisee Paul. After this lesson Sophie did not hear from Alberto

Knox again for a week and she did not receive any postcards from Lebanon. Looking

over all the letters and lessons from her teacher trying to find some clue to this Hilde

mystery. One night when Sophie was making dinner for her and her mother she reached a

phone call from someone. This someone was Alberto Knox asking her to meet with him in

person at the St. Mary s Church the next day. She did not have any time to give a answer

because he hung up the phone. Sophie told her mother that she was spending the night at

Joanna s house so that she could go and meet Albert Knox. The next day came, and

Sophie finally got to meet Albert Knox but the only thing was that he was dressed up in a

monks outfit. He talked to Sophie about the Middle Ages, St. Aquinas, and some clues

to who this Hilde might be but never revealing anything else. He was playing mind games

with her. A little while later Sophie had to leave and while she was leaving Sophie noticed

a picture of Madonna with a little drop water from under her eye. She questioned whether

it was a real or tear or not. After that vision she rushed off home. When Sophie got home

she went straight to bed and fell fast asleep. Sophie began to dream about Hilde and some

strange middle aged man calling Hildes name and she woke up. The most interesting thing

was that when Sophie woke up she found a gold crucifix under her pillow with the initials

HMK engraved on it. She was really starting to get mad. All these things she has from

Hilde: a red silk scarf, white stocking, postcards and to top it all off a crucifix.

The next morning it was time for Sophie to go to the philosophers house for the

first time. When she got there she told Knox that she found the crucifix from Hilde. But

Knox really did not give her a straight answer. While Sophie was there she received

another lesson by Knox and lesson about The Law of Universal Gravitation. After her

lesson she went home but she had to take the bus home but remembered she had no

money but walking only a few yards she discovered a coin just enough for her ride home.

She wondered how she was lucky enough to find the coin when she really needed it. She

started wonder whether Hilde s father had left it there for her. But how could that be if

he were in Lebanon, a chill ran down her spine. A lot of strange things are starting to

occur to Sophie.

Time went on and Sophie still received her stran

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