Project+Reflection

Finally, All in all, I am not certain where we go from here. Ultimately, my research proved that there is no true equation or explanation behind why one person is attracted to another. There a multitude of different factors involved. I think that it would be interesting to do case studies on adopted children, and see if what they seek in mates reflects anything from their biological or adoptive parents, or neither. It is also possible that all these cases in which people agree with the Freudian theory that people are attracted to others who remind them of their parents, are mere coincidences and that we are allowing a few radical convenient stories govern our pattern of thought. It would also be interesting to observe peoples’ initial reactions to Freud’s idea. In the end, I was frustrated that there was no straight solution to my question. However, in a sense I was also relieved. If a formula existed that was used to determine whom we will be attracted to or marry, where would the excitement and mystery of finding true love be? I may just be a foolish teenager, but I think and hope that there is more to love than science.