In Chapter 25 “Kant” Alberto Knox talks to Sophie about Immanuel Kant. He talks about the “red-tinted glasses” and how the glasses limit the way you perceive reality. According to me this metaphor means we see things how we would prefer to see it. The “red-tinted glasses” make you see the world in one colored light. It makes you see everything in your own light. When Sophie puts those glasses on Alberto Knox was trying to explain that you can still see everything but is restricted to one color. We all see the world in our own perspective. We see the world based on the knowledge we have of it.
We all come from different backgrounds and we all follow different cultures and religions therefore we have different perspective of each person around us. We all have different perspective of this world. So when Sophie puts the glasses on she sees a different perspective of the world. How different people portray things differently is what makes everyone unique and different from each other. If everyone was the same it would all be completely boring and we would all see the same perspective of this world.
In my experience I always thought that people who smoke are very unpleasant people and they don’t care about others. Although when you get to know them they could be quite generous. We feel they are unpleasant because from our knowledge people who smoke are usually not very nice people, but people change and mature. In this case the cigarette restricts us from exploring the world
In conclusion I think Alberto Knox is trying to tell us you cannot believe what you see or what your knowledge tells you. The glasses show how we are blocked from reality and we must take the glasses off and explore reality.
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An excellent blog with some great personal opinions. I really agree that we think different just because of our religion, culture and background. That’s the most obvious answer. Another very good point is we see all parts of the world only if we were all different. A great example on the smoker also. That, sort of, is prejudice, and the ‘red-tinted glass’ can relate to prejudice as well I think.
I think you used really good examples to explain the "red-tinted glasses". Especially the one based on your own experience.
You have given a nice explaination of the "red-tinted glasses" and have written what it conveyed; however, you could have given a more detail discription of your experience.
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