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ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW: PRE-INTERVIEW RESEARCH
SHADA’ WILSON
GLOBAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
GLST 290: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
PROFESSOR BRANDON COX
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Mr. Garland Conner is an 88-year-old white male who originally hales from Bent Mountain,
Virginia. I have known Mr. Conner for nearly 2 years now, as he is one of my home health
clients. When I first met this man, he was recently widowed and experiencing a great deal of
depression.
Mr. Garland follows The Church of the Brethren as his religion. I've spent a lot of time with my
client, so I've come to understand that this religion is a commitment to obey Christ and to follow
Him obediently in a contemporary world. The Brethren share the majority of Christians’ belief in
God as loving Creator and Sustainer. He reveals that he confesses Christ as Lord and that he
seeks the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all facets of his life and thinking. Mr. Garland further
reveals that the Brethren use the New Testament as their manual for living, affirming the
necessity of a lifelong commitment to fervent Bible study. Brethren hold that through the
Hebrew Scriptures (or Old Testament) and fully in the New Testament, God has fully revealed a
purpose for the human family and the universe that is still being revealed. According to my
client, the New Testament serves as a history of the Christian church, as well as a record of the
life, ministry, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
I've been in the healthcare industry for almost 20 years and have learned that older people are
more accustomed to using formal terms of address. As soon as I met Mr. Garland, I realized that
he was a talker and that I needed to make a good impression by using formal language by default
(such as Mr.) and avoiding everyday expressions like "dear," which could be interpreted as
disrespectful. However, he is constantly chatting when I arrive in the mornings. Even though it
frequently seems as though he's attempting to cut off my ear, I remind myself that he grew up in
a very different technological era from myself. At the dinner table, members of Mr. Garland's
generation used to sit face to face and converse nonstop about their happenings.
Due to a gun accident as a teenager, Mr Garland had been left with no right arm which often
caused friends and family members to try to set him up on dates with women they believed
would be able to take care of him. At the age of 25, Mr. Garland was introduced to a woman by
the name of Alice Scruggs by family and friends. The two were married for 28 years and
welcomed 2 daughters into their lives. However, Mr. Garland confesses that he never believed
that he and Alice truly loved one another the way a married couple should, which is why they
eventually divorced.
Pitching a baseball game, Mr. Garland became lost in a pair of what he describes as the
prettiest blue eyes he'd ever seen, which belonged to Virginia Sutton. Although she was 16 years
his junior, the two fell madly in love and were married for 38 years until she died in 2022.
When it comes to conflict, I recently overheard my client and his granddaughter having a
verbal argument, which makes me think that he doesn't hesitate to express his thoughts and
feelings in public. I'm not sure if he had always been more reserved around me or if this is just
how he is. To vent his frustration, Mr. Garland has instead chosen to pick fights, write letters, and
make phone calls since the incident.
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