2006-06-09 06:41:24 · 3 answers · asked by emecupid 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Sophie's Choice was a novel by William Styron, which was later made into a motion picture starring Meryl Streep.
In the story, the main character Sophie has to choose which one of her two children will live and which one will die. It is a choice force upon her by the Nazis. She chooses, and is stricken with a guilt for the lost child that she will never overcome.
So when confronted with a Sophie's Choice, one is confronted with a choice which cannot be avoided, and in which none of the choices results in a good outcome.
2006-06-09 06:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by VinTek 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
It comes from the film "Sophie's Choice" where a woman had to choose one of her children to be killed.
It means an impossible or very hard choice.
2006-06-09 06:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by Unkka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's book called like that by a Swedish writer I think - it's about philosophy
2006-06-09 06:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Ani♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋