Assignment Numero Zwei Exploring the Philosophy of Sophie's Verden: The Chronicle Thoughts and Views of Miguel Magno. Volume II

Ok so here it goes. Again.

From Chapter 25 it shows yet another philosophy lesson/experinment between Sophie and her teacher, Alberto Knox. Knox gives Sophie a pair of red tinted glasses and with that she puts them on and sees the world around in red. No other colour showing but the different shades of red. This view of the world is very different to what she normally sees and thus forces her to challenge what she sees and shows her a different point of visual view. Maybe everything she sees isn’t as it seams? Knox shows us that everyone’s view of the world is different and is never the same. Everyone will always have a different idea or image in their head about everything which tells us that we must acknowledge these other ideas and not just stick to the ideas that we were raised to believe.

The fact that we must accept and acknowledge other people’s views is shown everyday, from having arguments, to having poem discussion in English. When it comes to poetry analysis it is very interesting as everyone has their own opinion and everyone is potentially right (except for a few people who are just stupid) and by doing this you can compare theories and create a better analysis. Without doing things like this we will all pretty much end up stupid and narrow minded. You can’t decide what is right and wrong or good and evil without knowing other peoples opinions.

This goes on in the chapter by talking about rationalists and empiricists. In my opinion and I think everyone would agree with me here being an empiricist just shows you to be ignorant and very up yourself, thinking whatever you say is right. People must get away from this type of thinking as it leads to nowhere and will also probably make you very unpopular with your friends. Rationalists are much more rational (as the name says) and consider other peoples views before taking judgment.

The metaphor of the glasses shows us that you need to take off your glasses to see the bigger picture because without doing so you see only one view. And in this case, red, seeing red the whole of your life is not only sad but very boring therefore you need to take off the glasses to enjoy and appreciate everything as a whole, seeing the big picture in all its glory. Things like your senses can limit you and with that there is always the chance to go further.