Responding to two ethnographic essays

In Rick's paper about the truck stop, he did prior research by searching through trucker magazines, brochures, and books that may have given him some information to prepare him for any questions that he might have for the truckers. In the second essay, the girl was a refugee herself at one point, so she has some prior knowledge of what the people she was working with had been through. The authors of these field workings used interviews for most of their evidence. They also included detailed descriptions of the environments that they are interviewing in. Each group that the authors interviewed had their own way of life. They did similar things, acted in certain ways, and has similar languages. This is what sets them apart from other people in society. Both authors did a good job of bringing the environment to life through their writings. After reading the reports, I felt that I understand the life of the subject that they were discussing.