The Ideas Of Fate And Free Will In Sophie's World

Sophie Amundsen is a 14-year-old girl who starts to receive letters from a strange philosopher. The first letter Sophie obtains asks, “Who are you?” The question generates ideas in Sophie’s head and changes the person she is. Alberto, Sophie’s philosophy teacher, wants Sophie to become less ignorant and answer life’s difficult questions. As the novel progresses, Sophie is able to answer complex questions like who is really “in charge” of her life. After finishing the novel, I concluded that it’s about fate and free will along with the purpose of history in our world. This surprise ending novel was written by Jostein Gaarder, and his desire to write about the significance of history and philosophy. The sixth chapter in Sophie’s World is about fate and, accordingly, there are three main questions that need to be discussed: Do you believe in fate? Is sickness the punishment of the gods? What forces govern the course of history? “Fatalism is the belief that whatever happens is predestined,” said Alberto Knox. There was an ancient philosopher, Democritus, who didn’t think everything was predestined because he only believed in empty space and atoms. Sophie contemplated this idea and by …show more content…
I have read the book and have acquired what philosophy is. Learning the history of philosophy is beneficial to me and, nevertheless, I know not to jump to conclusions. Then, fate and free will have been a contemplating idea for me, and I have discovered more of who I am. While I was reading, I got to know philosophers and a few that I admire are: Socrates, Plato, and Hegel because his thoughts about every human being having a purpose gets me thinking. To wrap it all up, Sophie’s World informs readers that history has a purpose events don’t repeat themselves and humans can grow and find themselves. Finally, fate and free will is a crucial topic that each individual should reach a solution