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Alberta Interview Research Paper

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I was always curious about what Alberta has been through and I wanted to get to know her better. When meeting Alberta for the interview, she seemed filled with excitement and life. She had on a white, button up dress shirt with a light blue vest on and light brown slacks. She also was wearing black dress up shoes with black socks. She had a straight, confident posture with a bright smile on her face. Her hair was a faded light brown, but was well kept with a radiant shine. She told about her mother and how she became a big influence on her life. “My mom always told me “Don’t depend on a man. You need to educate yourself!” This encourage her to became studious, and adventurous in her life. She grown up in a small farm town called Ana Arbor, …show more content…

She decided to go to Hamburg, northern Germany at the age of 21. On the plane to Germany, people worn suites, the menu was bigger than today’s menus and the planes back then had more space. When landing, she went to the West side of the Germany at the time of being separated. She told me, the West side was filled with friendly people. She said, “You have to go through Checkpoint Charlie which leads to the East side. You would walk in the entrance and you would see a big open field. The other gate would be straight ahead. You can see the empty buildings at the side of the Brandenburg wall, but there are American soldiers in some of the windows.” She into the East side with a big smile on her face. Her face lightened up when she talked about the little elder lady. “She asked me if I liked it here. I told her yes. The lady smile and said ‘Really? We thought people hated us because of the Russian control.” On the last day of her job, she rode a train back to the airport and had an odd conversation with a Swedish. “The man said he didn’t want to work and wanted to live off others,” she said with frustrated look. The man made her upset, but she realized she really wanted to finish

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