Kaylee Bettag
Mrs. Wilhelmus
AP English 11
3 August 2013
In
today’s society, many people judge others for their opinions or perspectives on
life. Every day at least one person
attempts to tell another that their perspective and outlook is incorrect. In the chapter titled “Kant” in Sophie's
World, Sophie can’t quit grasp the concept that we, as humans, have certain
characteristics within us that force us to see the world in a certain way. After a failed attempt to explain just what
Immanuel Kant meant, Alberto told Sophie to put on the “red tinted
glasses”. After doing so, Sophie saw
everything in red and then came to realize that if she could not take the
glasses off, her point of view of the world would be in all red. This goes to show that we have no room to
judge or correct others for their outlook or point of views.
The
“Kant” chapter had more of an impact on me than most of the other
chapters. Once Sophie placed the glasses
on her face she saw the world in red.
This taught me that everyone sees things differently and as humans we can’t
tell someone else what to think or how to see things. In retrospect, everyone’s outlook is in some
way or another correct.
“What
can we know about the world?” In my
mind, I believe that we can know as much about the world as we want. Knowledge of the world is endless, there is
always something new to learn about this complex world we live in. With that
said, although we may think we know almost everything about the world we
will never truly know of it is correct or not because nobody honestly knows
right or wrong of our world. Although
there are many very valid theories of what are true facts about the world
nobody has one hundred percent assurance of if they are right or wrong.
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