Ali Alsarraf
Professor David
English 101
March 3,2014
Abdulazizalkharas a 20-year international student from the state of
Kuwait, Aziz wants to pursue his education in the United States of America. At
California state university Fullerton where he is studying mechanical
engineering. Abdullaziz feels that taking engineering classes will help him to
achieve his goal, which is to work within the oil fields of Kuwait.When he narrates about
the subjects whom he is studying he wants to make sure he does not miss out on
any subject so he intensely tries to remember and tells us about the subjects
which he has studied. Aziz is taking a lot of hardcore classes this semester,
which is causing him to be intense; he is taking 2 Mechanical engineering, One
Civil engineering class, and two other classes with a total of 15 units.Aziz
answers the entire question intensely as if he wants the interview to get over
soon and he is not interested in the interview. Being a College kid Abdulaziz
has only one hobby, which is hunting. In this interview he explains about his
hunting experiences, personal and family life.
Aziz explains to us about the
Hunting hobby, which he does it with his friends in Northridge. Aziz’s face
glow up in joy when he talks about his hobby and he looks forward to the
weekend to come up so that he can get to meet his friends at Northridge.The
place were Aziz goes is shooting ground which is also is helpful for him to
finish up extra bullets that he was left over with from the last hunt.The gun,
which Aziz uses, is a Double barrel shot gun, which is his favorite gun. He has
hunted a lot of animals with this type of gun in his life; his hunting history
includes small animals and birds such as pheasant, chucker, quail, doves, and
rabbits. From his history we can tell that he involves in shooting in open
space without keeping any target.
Moreover
Aziz explains about his hunting hobby and he starts to compare hunting in
Kuwait and hunting in the united state and he states “hunting in Kuwait is different
than hunting in the US because in Kuwait when we go hunting we usually hunt
birds and we usually follow them using our cars”. In addition he starts
to compare hunting in the US and hunting in Kuwait he stated “Hunting in Kuwait
is much more fun than hunting in the US because in Kuwait there are fewer rules
that we should follow”. But he mentioned that Hunting in the US is much more
interesting, because of all of the natural views and amazing weather that we do
not have in Kuwait and hunting in the US is much more interesting due to the
verity of animals that can be seen or hunted. I feel that Abdulaziz is not sure
which place is better because of his contradicting opinions and answers. Azizalso
explains about his family’s material wealth a lot throughout the interview. He
explains his family uses two Nissan patrol vehicles for hunting purposes, Aziz
explains in detail about his cars colors and how they look “Black with red and white
stripes”. Aziz recalls a hunting incident, which had happened in Kuwait.
The way Aziz explains this incident is very surprising since he take his own
time in elaborating the incident. He even explains about a black dress, which
he wore and which cars were used.
This
Hunting incident has occurred when Aziz was around 17 years where he to the desert
in his Nissan Patrol vehicle to hunt some birds. During the travel his car was
stuck with a sand trap and he and his family members had to wait about 3 hours
for other friends to come and help them Aziz explains to us how he enjoyed those
moments with his family and how he misses his family and friends. He had a big
smile on his face, which tell us that he really enjoyed that short trip
although there was no hunting experience that day.
Aziz
appears to a well-prepared person when it comes to hunting since he clearly
knows how to prepare for hunting. He checks if hunting season is on, checks his
licenses for the gun, and buys new shells. Aziz feels the rush as he talk about
preparing for hunting, he even light up a Cigarette since he feels the
adrenaline e rush as he explains how he prepares. However, he does get
distracted and looks at the girls who were sitting near him. He covers off his
distraction by complementing the ladies on how beautiful they look. On
realizing his mistake he scratches his head and explains about getting snacks
for road and ways to prepare tents. The place, which he likes to visit, is called
Ab dally which is located north of Kuwait; about 50 miles away from the city.
He feels that Birds in this place are a lot tastier compared to other places.
Within no time Aziz complete his first cigarette and lits up his second
cigarette. This explains his interest in hunting. He goes on to explain how he
cooked a bird with the help of his father. He cooked the bird with his family’s
secret recipe and he explains how he enjoyed cooking with his family by saying
a native phrase, which is “ayaabaah”. Food was served with Rice and meat for
the whole family.It appears to me that Aziz is a genuine person however he also
wants to prove to others that he means business.
Abdulaziz
is an out going person who loves to be in the wild and most of his activities
are related to wild life action. Fishing is his next hobby. Once more he
flaunts about his wealth informing us that he possesses a 27 feet long Boat,
which Isfired up with two Yamaha engines.He used to go to fishing with his
father and Grandfather during his early ages about two times a week.I can see Aziz
head laying itself low when he explains about his father and Grandfather. He so
casts himself as a person who misses his family a lot and his nonverbal actions
warrant the same. Moreover Aziz starts to talk about his favorite fishing spot
and what fishes he likes to catch and eat. Abdulaziz states, “My favorite spot
for fishing is located 40 miles away from the city in the gulf sea”. zbaidy and
Hamoor are his favorite fishes which are found in gulf sea. Aziz was so into
talking about the fish he caught, that he rubbed his belly signifying his hunger.
Talking
about family, future aims, fears - Aziz explains to us that he misses is family
and he will lose in touch with them since he is not spending more time with
them. Aziz also fears that he might not complete the courses, which he has
enrolled in. In addition, he claims that peaceful life, which is coupled with
god’s grace and money, will bring him happiness in his life and he claimsthat
his greatest love of his life is family. Aziz Moreover Aziz mentions that he
has some regrets in his life; missing his daily prayers is the main regret.. In
the Midway of the interview he informs that he needs grab something from KFC,
however he calmed down once it was stated that I would buy him dinner on my
treat.
I
can come to a conclusion that Aziz is an individual who likes to be in the wild
rather than a home stay person. All his activities are related to wild life
action andas a individual he is genuine since he has grown in a joint family
and this is what is making him homesick even after months in United states. He
is so home sick that he makes it a point to remember his house members in
almost all the conversation questions, which was asked to him. Aziz aims to
have a job within the oil fields of Kuwait and this will be a struggle to him
because of his love to hunt. It will be hard for Aziz to manage his time to do
the hobby he loves and at the same time be successful in his life.
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