2008.07.08
Isaac Asimov
Senior theses for college can be a royal pain -- and I full on expect this one to be as well. Over these past few months, I'd compiled a list of people I thought would be interesting to like at from a psychological perspective. I had to have some sort of initial investment in the person to begin with, so my list was quickly trimmed down to about 5 people: Isaac Asimov, Robert Frost, Shell Silverstein, J.R.R Tolkien, and Agatha Christie. I think there might have been others, but I cannot remember the names, and I do not have my list readily available.
One thing I immediately noticed, though, was that I had chosen writers. I don't know why I didn't add any other type of person to my list (though I did do a psychobiographical proposal on Galileo -- but in a sense, he, too, was a writer). Putting that aside, I mulled over my list before, on impulse, I decided that I would go with Asimov. I think I was partially influenced by my recent reading of the Robot series. So, right after I impulsively decided that I wanted to write about Asimov, I purchased his three autobiographies. I got his, "I, Asimov: a memoir" first, and am already about half-way through.
I knew that I liked Asimov's style of writing -- I loved the books that I had read, and am planning on diving into the Foundation Series next. But I still thought that his autobiographies would be dry and rote. They are not. I already have an index of some of my favorite passages and little stories. I'm full on enjoying reading his autobiographies, which in turn is making me more excited to delve into the psychobiography process. This is good. Asimov was an incredibly funny man. I don't think I'll have any problems working on this project and giving a presentation about it next spring. Rather, I plan on having a lot of fun.
I think this attitude will also help me to avoid senioritis because I'm actually excited to work on my thesis. w00t!
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