In the novel, Alberto asks Sophie several philosophical questions. One of the first questions Sophie is asked is: who are you? This question is pretty easy to answer by giving your name, but a person is not just a name. To me, a person is a combination of their personality, morals, beliefs and actions. Personality, because that's how they act. Their morals and their beliefs, because that's what they believe in. And their actions, because none of the other things matter if a person's actions don't support their personality, morals, and beliefs. Another of the first questions asked of Sophie by Alberto is: do you believe in destiny? In the book, Sophie gave several examples of destiny, a friend who read horoscopes, hotels that don't use the number 13 for rooms, and black cats. She even mentioned that Democritus did not believe in destiny since he was a materialist. I believe in destiny, but at the same time I believe that all human beings have free will, which could be considered a contradiction. To me, a person can choose whatever path they want, but they will always end up where they were supposed to end up. A bit like in the Greek myth of Oedipus, where parents were told that their son would kill his father and marry his mother. No matter how hard the parents tried to escape their fate, they ended up exactly where the prophecy said they would. Another question asked of Sophie is: what is the difference between a