Sophie has got a lot of character development. she is beginning college. She mentioned not liking her Marantha Bilingual institution because of how bad the other kids treated her and still thinks about Tante Atie. Chapter 9 interested me alot seeing Sophies interactions with Joseph and hearing her thoughts. Sophie gradually seemed to really connect with Joseph and I think those moments show the major progression from the Sophie the novel starts off with to this 18 year old Sophie.  Another thing that stood out to me was Sophie lying to her mother about Joseph. This dissapointed her mom alot because she was forbidding her to talk to Joseph. I felt bad for sophie because she actually liked joseph alot but she had no choice because her mother wouldnt let them be friends. it brought me back earlier in chapter 9 too when Sophie and Joseph had a conversation about her college studying but Sophie was wanting to be a doctor because her mom said so despite her not being sure for herself.