Ending of Sophie's World

I wouldn’t say Sophie’s World is my favorite book, but I did end up liking it. I really liked the fact that it “ dumbs down” the philosophies for people to understand better. I went into the class basically knowing nothing, and I think this book really helped me understand key concepts. Gaarder usually had Alberto give Sophie a real life example that really helped me understand too. Gaarder mostly went in depth about the philosophers that we already knew like Plato or Socrates. He could have gone into depth about the philosophers that people don’t really know of to help us get more familiar with them. Looking back at my notes from the book I noticed that the author usually mentions what the certain philosopher thinks about women. I think that was a minor detail that could have easily been taken out. It doesn’t matter if the philosopher hated women or not. It’s like meeting a person for the first time and they tell you what they just ate for dinner. Its not useful information. Those details usually don’t play a role in the philosophy. I’m still confused with the ending. Once I read the extremely weird chapter of the garden party nothing really made any sense from there. I liked the ending but I didn’t understand it. I think for next year, you should give out those quizzes for every couple chapters. It makes people read ( not saying I didn’t read), and it lets you know if you understand the concept before the test.