How does Adils attraction to the Bedouin woman, Salma, ultimately lead to his fate? What role (if any) does Salmas father play in the development of Adil and Salmas relationship, and his fate?

Writing Prompt

Using concepts from Chapter 8: Cognitive Psychology and Intelligence as the basis for your discussion address the following writing prompt. Include at least 3 concepts.

How does Adils attraction to the Bedouin woman, Salma, ultimately lead to his fate? What role (if any) does Salmas father play in the development of Adil and Salmas relationship, and his fate?

Gorgy, N. (1994). Cairo is a small city. In S. Hirschberg. (Ed.). The Many Worlds of Literature. (pp. 47-52). New York: MacMillan Publishers.

I call Cairo is a Small City assignment thinking about thinking.

You have to use the thinking concepts to reason out the writing prompt.

Some questions to jump start you?

How are cognitive psychology and intelligence important to the reading?

More specific how are reasoning, decision making, and problem solving playing a role in Adils thinking?

What happens when Adil sees Salma for the first time?

How is he able to get Salmas attention??

What makes him think he can capture the Bedouin woman’s attention?

What is Salma’s reaction to Adil’s attempt to get here attention?

Why does she suddenly flip the script on him and invite him to the village?

How does Adil process this invitation?

What memory was retrieved when Adil went to the village?

The big question is . . . What was Adil thinking?