Sophie's World

        The book I am currently reading is called Sophie's world. The author of the book is Jostein Gaarder, the book has 436 pages.

Sophie Amundsen is a 14 year old girl who lives with her mother in a suburban house. He father is an oil tanker captain and her mother works until late in the afternoon. Since her parents aren't very often with her she has several pets, which one of them is a cat named Sherekan. One day when she cam

home from school, she found a mail in the mailbox (with no return address or stamp) addressed to her. Inside the envelope she found a not with one simple question: "Who are you?" This perplexes Sophie, who then takes the letter to her secret place or the "den." She ponders over the question, coming up with several answers but non of them were satisfactory. Thinking that perhaps there might be another letter, Sophie checks the mailbox again, and indeed does find another letter, this one asking "Where does the world come from?" Again, Sophie muses of the possible answers, both scientific and religious. She realizes that the universe must have come from something, but at what point does something come from nothing? Checking the mailbox again, she finds a postcard, addressed in care of her to Hilde Knag Moller. It is a birthday card from Hilde’s father, apologizing that he could not be there for her birthday, and also for sending the card through Sophie, because it was "the easiest way. Sophie is completely confused at this point. Sophie is preoccupied with the questions she has received in the mail. Sophie returns home to find a large brown envelope in the mailbox. It is addressed to her and labeled, "Course in Philosophy. Handle with care." She takes it to her "den"and the type writer asks "What Is Philosophy?" The letter presents her with the idea that the only necessary to be a philosopher is to have a sense of wonder, both about the world and about oneself. The write states that most people lose this capacity as they grow older. The philosopher compares the universe to a white rabbit pulled out of a top hat by a magician. 

Some words I found while reading the book were:

Sprawling - Spread over a large are in an untidy or irregular way

Menagerie - A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

Twitch - a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement