Sophie's World Vs. Opus Comic Strip

In the Opus comic strip the two main characters, Opus and Auggie, have a strong debate over our purpose in life. Auggie questions Opus's belief in God and his theory of being a "cosmic accident" while Opus brings up the idea of rather than finding life's meaning, it is possible that it's actually made by ourselves. Opus's phrase, "Maybe it's not so much found… as it is… made" corresponds to the different philosophers brought up in Sophie's World. Philosophers such as Hume, Berkley, and Kant can be related to Opus's statement.

Using Hume's ideas, there are an infinite amount of meanings to life because of human feelings and reason. Since everyone thinks and feels differently the purpose of life can mean whatever that person believes is the meaning of life. We use our feelings and our ability to use reason to morph a combination of the two to make a purpose in life. There is no one absolute purpose to life, everyone creates their own giving proof to Opus's theory of "Not so much found as it is made."

Opus's theory of purpose being made can be related to God making purpose for ourselves. Instead of making our own purpose, maybe we follow the purpose of what God thinks is right brought up by Berkley. Berkley made up the theory that we only exist in God's mind and so our purpose is made, but is only made by God. This is similar to Hilde's father's book which makes Sophie, Alberto, and everyone else in Sophie's world exist for a certain reason. In this case that reason is to help explain philosophical thought to both Sophie and Hilde. Sophie only exists in the mind of Hilde's father and in those who read the book. This elaborates on Opus's idea of making our purpose but instead of making our own purpose, we rely on God making a purpose for us.

Finally in the thought of Kant the purpose of life lies in faith. Humans are naturally a curious species and search for answers to all questions. But certain questions cannot be easily answered