Assignment 2 – “red-tinted glasses”

From my point of view, the “red-tinted glasses” in the book that Sophie was asked to put on symbolizes one’s perspective. Through the red-tinted glasses one would see everything in the shades of red and if one was born with red-tinted glasses stuck to one’s eyes, one will find the world red and might not know that it is in fact made of all sorts of colors; however, if one was born without the glasses stuck to one’s eyes then one will know that the world in fact is made up of all sorts of colors no matter if they put on the glasses later on.

The “red-tinted glasses” in book convey how people think, see and judge things in different ways. On earth, almost everyone do think, see and judge things in different ways despite the fact that they are wearing the glasses or not. Without experience or thinking deeply about something people tend to judge things according to their senses. For example, if a person is obese, some people might think that the person is obese because he/she eats a lot; however, they might not know that the person could just be obese because the person is lazy and doesn’t do enough exercise but eats as much as them. This is because they are using their senses to think and making a judgment, and this would make them empiricists and not rationalists, whose belief and theory is based on knowledge. Therefore, the “red-tinted glasses” in the book is a metaphor for how would empiricists think.