Harry Battson is a 63 year old, Caucasian male. He is a soft spoken man with a genius IQ. I have known him for the entirety of my life, for he is my grandfather. He was born in 1951, a time when racial tensions were running high, in a poor rural town near Columbus Ohio. Both his father and his mother had multiple jobs to try and put food on the table, when he was 12 years old he got his own job to help pay the mortgage on the house. He later went to a seminary school to become a priest. It was during that time that he met my grandmother, Lisa, fell in love and eventually married her. They have been married for 40 years and have two daughters.
Battson answered every question completely, his answers were concise and straight to the point. When asked about touchy or emotional subjects the answers became clipped and short. It was obvious that they did not want to be talked about and it was very clear that if pressed he would stop the interview all together. Other than the touchy moments the overall mood of the answers were satisfactory and the mood was positive. …show more content…
For example Harry was going to seminary school to become a priest before met Lisa. He decided to go to seminary school to make his mother happy. She had told him that she had always wanted a priest in the family, and that he wasn’t going to amount to much without priesthood. Two years into school he met Lisa at a church service. They had an instant connection, and later when things became serious Harry had a choice to make. Should he ask Lisa to marry him and revoke becoming a priest forever or should he continue on his road to becoming a priest and make his mother happy? Weighing the costs and rewards he decided to ask Lisa to marry