Albert Knag is 's father. He has the creative genius to write a bookin which his characters become aware of their role as characters in the book.What's more, he carries on direct interaction with those characters even thoughthey are simply figments of his own imagination. Perhaps it was Albert Knag's brilliantconstruction of and that allowed them to gain some sort of anexistence for themselves. He created Alberto very much in his own image. AlbertKnag is a philosopher first and foremost. His book about philosophy is a giftof love to his daughter because he could not imagine anything better thangiving her the same love and wonder for the world that he has. Albert has agreat sense of humor that comes out in his interactions with Sophie andAlberto. However, he is also extremely indulgent in his writing. Hilde playsher trick on him to show him what it would be like to be manipulated in the waythat he controls Sophie and Alberto. Albert learns from his daughter andrealizes that perhaps he went a bit too far in his story, but we can forgivehim for that, because his mistakes were for all the right reasons.
