Reflection Blog #6

One of the trippiest parts, as if the novel hasn't been messing with my mind before, is when Alberto hands Sophie a copy of Sophie’s World off the shelf. It's like a painter painting a painting of that painting painting; a tad bit confusing but once you broaden the view, a little better to understand. Anywho, this part is kind of funny because it's almost as if we’re collectively coming to a realization that maybe we’re just a figment of the major’s imagination. Doesn't this amaze you? Characters that supposedly don't exist, who are now aware of their “non existence”, have just picked up a novel--which happens to be the same novel we’re currently reading about their life--that's about themselves, the major, and Hilde; pure chaos right? Even Hilde begins to question a few things before coming to a semi conclusion that Sophie and Alberto are just characters in the novel. Another piece I find comical is the non-related characters that continue to pop up in the novel. For example, in the Darwin chapter, Noah- from the classical Bible story with the Ark- appears for a brief moment to give Sophie a picture of all the animals he saved. ¡Next section! Another trippy part in the novel is this mischievous plan that Sophie and Alberto are cooking up. I’M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT!! Ever since Alberto mentioned it a few chapters ago, I've been looking forward to it. I think it's cute how Sophie is trying to distract the major...even though he's the one writing the novel. So technically is this where the major’s mind is just dozing off and it's his unconscious mind writing this piece of the novel?