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Kevin Engle Outline

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For this project I interviewed Kevin Engle from our class who sat right next to me the day we were assigned the project. It turns out that Kevin was never intended to have his first name be what it is. He was initially going to be called Kyle or Kasey, but his parents felt that his first name was a good name in between those names for him to have. It is actually interesting because his brother’s name is Jake which meant that his parents named their kids from oldest to youngest in alphabetical order. Kevin’s last name comes from Germanic origins and is actually a translation for angel in German. Despite this, Kevin’s family is not entirely from Germany and has its roots blended with a mix of European culture from Germany to England as well as …show more content…

Most of Kevin’s family is Lutheran and because of this they make Christmas and Easter huge events. During the whole month of December, Kevin’s family home has Christmas everywhere you turn, with decorations, Christmas trees, and nativity scenes everywhere in their house. In a ways, they almost bleed Christmas and it culminates with the family going to Christmas Eve service and then having a large Christmas Eve feast with many members of the family attending. They then end the holiday by going to the Christmas service at their church and eating the leftovers of the feast from the night before. Easter happens in the exact same way except Kevin’s family goes for the more religious aspect of the holiday then what they do with Christmas because they believe that it is with Easter that their faith is strengthened and can be supported with evidence. Even though food is a big part of his family traditions around the holidays, there is not central dish that accompanies every holiday meal. For the most part it is the basics of ham, potatoes and other traditional holiday food that his family …show more content…

The Engle family do what they love and treat others with respect because it simply leads to good karma. At the same time, something Kevin learned from his parents is that he should not care about what others think of him and do what he wants, not what others want to do. Kevin’s family try to help each other stay strong in their faith which is why his family have encouraged Kevin to be involved in Catholic Campus Ministries (CCM) and YoungLife at college. Kevin’s short-term goal is to pass this class and to get ready for his band’s upcoming shows. He plays guitar and does vocals for his band and hopes the band to do well during their shows on September 21st and October 18th. Kevin hopes that in the long run he can do something with music as a career, whether he is up front or behind the scenes. At the same time, he wants all of his band members to be happy and succeed at whatever path they choose. It was interesting that Kevin would not really discuss in detail about his specific heritage after I asked him about it multiple times. This may mean he does not know about his heritage or he does not really care about

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