Jostein Gaarder Essays

Q : What does Werner’s favorite radio program talk about? A : It talks about light : eclipses, sundials, auroras and wavelengths. Q : What is the name of the book Marie-Laure receives for her eleventh birthday? A : Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. Q : What does Marie-Laure love to add to her coffee? A : Multiple spoons of sugar. Q : According to Aronnax, what are the proper ways to pursue a mystery? A : Logic, reason and pure science. Q

Sophie’s World is a book about philosophy, and how it applies to the way we live. These chapters are all connected because they show the ways that history has played a big role in changing the way people act today. These chapters also explain to Sophie the reality of her life, and try to help guide her in making a decision about what she wants to believe. The first thing that Sophie learns about is fate, and what the ancient greeks believed in. Fate is a controversial topic between every belief and

Sophie Hannah Poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born in 1971 in Manchester, England. She is daughter to Norman Geras and the author Adèle Geras. Her father was a Marxist and blogger while her mother is well known for her writing for young children, teens, and adults. Hannah studied at the universities of Wolfson, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. Hannah is most known for her poems and crime fiction stories. She's is one of New York Times-bestselling authors of a variety psychological thrillers

Eduardo Mohler Write a one-page double-spaced reflection on:1. the meaning and symbolism you see in the Matrix.(not what you googled!) 2. any connections you see to Sophie's World In the movie “The Matrix”, life as we know it takes place inside a computerized system known as the Matrix. We learn that in reality, humans are being farmed for energy and food by advanced Artificial Intelligence which at some point, took over the human race. Humans, unaware of this, live their entire lives asleep in

The problem of personal identity lives with us everyday but we seldom gave it much importance. It deals with philosophical questions regarding our existence and our ‘self’ such as “Who am I?” or “Where do I come from?” Normally, one would rarely pause during the day to contemplate on the meaning of these questions and try to answer them. Unlike us, philosophers consider that such questions are crucial to our existence and strive to answer them in order to give a true meaning to our lives. Some philosophers

Women Situation: Honduras and Pakistan “A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.” (Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World 1991). Women are equally important to men, something people often forget. Women are not important just for the fact that they give birth to human life, that should be enough but women are capable to accomplish equal tasks as men. And that makes them not less nor more from men but equal. Women have been fighting for equality for centuries

“A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.”-Jostein Gaarder. Kate Chopin “silk stockings” 1920 challenged society's idea about women's roles by showings us that women had some rights but then showed us that there were no freedom to these rights. Kate Chopin persuades her audience that women do have rights in the 1920's by showing us how Mrs. Sommers went against everyone and splurged on herself and not her kids. The outcome of this was bad though and

William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773, on a Virginia plantation to Elizabeth Bassett and Benjamin Harrison V. His family was very well-connected and had deep roots within the “planter aristocracy.” Harrison was the youngest of six other children including two brothers and four sisters named in order: Carter Bassett Harrison, Benjamin Harrison VI, Anne Harrison, Elizabeth Harrison Rickman Edmondson, Lucy Harrison Randolph Singleton, Sarah Harrison Minge. His father, Benjamin, had signed