In some cases, that context will be more specific than in others. The possible written sources are many and varied, and we will have a library tour on February 12th. During the coming weeks, you will begin to gather enough sources as well as identify a subject to guarantee the viability of your selection. Provide an account of the life story of your respondent in relationship to the context you have described. Be as concrete and detailed as possible, but also stress the main themes of the person's story.
Many times there is no way to tell who is right.
Try to reason out who is more convincing. Think about how to organize the life story you are providing, the context for it, and the interactions in your paper between life and context. In any case, you will want to make all parts of your paper not only clear but also interesting to your reader. Your interviewee is a 55-year old East German coal miner who migrated to Northern Virginia in 1992. You are interested in the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and you interview him about his life before and after the end of the Communist regime.