Personal Narrative: An Interview With Mrs. Hawkes

Service Learning Project

For my Service Learning Project, I decided to interview a woman by the name of Mrs. Hawkes. Mrs. Hawkes is a lady that I have been working on and off with in the military for the past four and a half years. For this project, we sat down after work one day to discuss basically anything that came to mind such as where she is from, her religious views, family, etc. The main reasons I decided to interview Mrs. Hawkes is the high level of respect I have for her and she is probably the most religious person that I am around an a normal basis. I thought interviewing her was a great opportunity to personally get to k now someone that has different beliefs and opinions than myself. As opposed to me, she is a very open person when dealing with her religious views. I also thought speaking with her was a good idea because she is someone that will always say exactly what is on her mind even if it is not what someone wants to hear and I respect that. Mrs. Hawkes served in the United States Air Force …show more content…
Hawkes and I have very different views on religion and how we go about expressing those views. I have not been to church in years but I still do consider myself to be religious. I also keep to myself when it comes to expressing my beliefs because I feel that people will believe what they want to believe and probably just don’t care about my opinions. This is where Mrs. Hawkes is very different than me. Mrs. Hawkes is a Christian that has not missed a church service or event for as long as she can remember. From her point of view, there is one right set of beliefs and one right way to practice those beliefs. To her, all other religious views and practices are wrong. She will openly let someone know that doesn’t share her beliefs that they are “going to hell” unless they change. She is a very loving and caring lady and I know she means well but I think she could go about getting her point across in a better