Assignment #3

There are many interesting topics for our first research paper that really captures my attention however the two topics that interested me the more are “A ‘Close Reading’ and analysis of a work or film that used science or technology” and “Evolutionary Psychology and everyday life”.

The first topic that I selected from idea#1 is the short story “Us or Me” by Ian McEwan’s because I already used it to do our first essay; however I would love to analyze and explore the different sciences and points that are under the author writing that I didn’t cover and mention before. Moreover, I want to explore the different aspects of science that the writer mentions indirectly in order to describe humans and nature actions. Also, I would love to look closer to the author writing styles and to the type of message/messages that he is trying to deliver through the story. In addition, the second topic that I selected from idea#3 is the one based on “Theory of Mind (ToM)”. I would like to know more about this topic because I have heard a lot of stories about how some animals and humans are capable of knowing how those around them are feeling, what they are thinking and what they may do next without knowing that this is a special ability that they have. Moreover, I would like to explore and get more knowledge about it and I would like to know how humans acquired it? How they can keep this ability? And how they lose it?. Also I would like to know how evolution has influenced on theory of mind, what type of sciences and scientists are related to it?

After reading and analyzing the topics that I selected I noticed that I have more questions about “Theory of mind” and I want to learn and increase my knowledge about human behavior and everyday life by exploring even more the things that we are capable of doing with our minds. However, I can’t lie that I have a special interest in reading and keep analyzing one more time the short story of “Us or Me”. In addition, I think that the right topic for me will be the “Theory of mind”.