Representation

This is a most fantastic book that I've ever read before my growing-up.

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each, “Who are you?� and “Where does the world come from?� From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. SOPHIE'S WORLD drew me (also at my 14-year-old) into the world of Socrates, Descartes, Hegel and all the great philosophers in the history. It raised profound questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe.

It was my first touch on philosophy-- by the magical story of a girl. I was struggling to solve the riddles, together with Sophie, using my new knowledge of philosophy that just learned from the reading. However, the truth is far stranger than we could have imagined. Then, I learned the way to question, to think, and to solve. And the greatest one is never to lose curiousness during my whole life, because the universe is enigmatical, because the world is endless for discovery.

What I also want to mention is about the representation of the book. It is always not easy to present deep profound concepts (like philosophy) to teenagers. However, this book did succeed. I would say the author had found a most efficient way to communicate with his target audience, which is always vitally important in any kind of communications.

--Han