Sophie's World Assignment 1

In Chapter 2, Albert Knox states that "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world." What does he mean? Do you agree with him? Explain why or why not, using examples from this first section of the novel (pp. 1-120) and your own life experiences.

After reading the novel Sophies world, i would have never even thought about the topic of when we grow up we seem to lose our ability to wonder about the world. This topic is expressed well through out as sophie is often asked simple questions by Albert Knox which at times she herself had never thought about and she herself seemed quite enthralled by such as the simple question of "who are you?".
Also other interesting facts which sophie brings up is when she mentions that younger people tend not to have answers for everything which as a result, gives them the ability to wonder because of their curiousity of their surroundings, which is what makes them youngsters. Also another interesting point is when she is told that adults tend to take things in their daily lives for granted once they have their answers, causes them to stop their ability to wonder for that particular thing because they now have their answer which satisfies what they were orginally in search of, ending their "need" for wondering about the world which could be shown with sophie's mother.
This is what brings us to what i believe to be a rather truthful statement of "It seems if in the process of growing up, we lose the ability to wonder about the world" which of course in some aspects are well explained by sophie and her philosophy lessons.

However of course in all arguments, you should never view things only from one aspect as it would make you seem rather biased. Of course we cannot say that the whole adult population has losts its need for wondering because of course there are great minds in this world who have truely passed their childhood. One could be the example of Steven Hawkins as his ability to wonder has explained quite a bit about the wonders of our universe. I suppose he could be compared to the great minds which Albert Knox teaches to Sophie, which of course are the philosophers like Socrates which used their ability to wonder to solve many of lifes questions.

So overall I do agree more about the statement which Albert Knox makes as many adults (NOT ALL!) that I know or have met do seem to have less and less to wonder about as they get older partly due to the fact that as they grow up, more answers are given to questions in life which they had previously wondered about, and rather than usually wondering about the question, they seem to more or less accept it and take it as it is, which in my opinion, means that by us growing up, if we are to lose our ability to wonder, that is because we choose to because you have the choice of either accepting the answers given or wondering wether or not their could be some sorta alternative. So by keeping our minds open, we will not lose our ability to wonder.