Reaction to the peanut experiment

In my opinion the peanut experiment helped to perceive a simple object such as a peanut in a different way. Since we had to ascribe the peanut with human character traits I inevitably associated the its characteristics with those I have noticed about human beings. During the process of describing the peanut's life and background, a more and more clear and precise picture was created in my mind of what the peanut would look like if it was a living human being.
Especially the acy of given the peanut a name is probably mostly connected to our own experience with a single person. If there would be a chance to see the real person behind the peanut's name (If there is one), the other students in class would possibly notice if the artist made a positive or negative connection between the peranut and the person.
However, I was slightly amazed how quickly I had built up some kind of relation to my peanut. After the professor invited us to eat our peanut, I briefly thought about keeping it as a memory of my year abroad but decided not to.