Before being in humanities I had asked other students from previous years about taking this class and one of the responses I got was the book Sophie’s World was very boring. So when Mr. Allen told us to bring this book to class my first feeling was ugh.
But as I started reading this book I was amazed. It was one of three books I have read and actually liked and understood throughout high school. This book as actually changed my perspective on a lot. Before this book I have never really understood why things existed, if there was actually a god, do we have a soul that lives on after death and many more questions like the ones Sophie is asked to think about.
Learning about all these philosophers, what they thought about and their reasons for existence really opens my eyes to a lot I had never known before. I haven’t figured out what I believe is the correct answers to my questions but I have a very good feeling that by the end of this book I will have a better feeling about my own beliefs, and the answer to my questions.
Although, I haven’t found all the answers to my questions, I have figured out that I might be agnostic. Throughout my life I felt that I was forced to believe in “god”. But one day I had asked my mom where he came from, and she couldn’t really give me a good enough answer. I then formed all sorts of questions about god. Ever since then I have questioned his existence. But by reading this book so far and by my own reasoning I think I am agnostic.
Knowing where I stand religiously really makes me happy because it has been something I have stumbled on for most of my life but I will continue to explore this belief and to see if it is right for me.
Sophie’s World has been really helpful for me and has changed my mind or opened my mind to a lot of new ideas that I have never thought about or gave me answers to questions I have been pondering for quite some time.
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