Distinguishing Generation Gaps

In the short story “A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier, the theme of generation gap is very prominent throughout the story. A generational gap is a difference of point of views between two generations relating values and beliefs. The narrator reflects that the new generation is not agree to follow their incesters’s tredition, culture, and also, they dislike to adopt their elders skills. The new generation do not understand the values and morals of their forefathers. When they are young, they think that the skills that their forefathers have are useless and old fashioned, but after a certain age of maturity, they realizes the importance of the skills which they have lost. As it is mentioned in the story, the farmer and the father both want to transfer their skill and knowledge to their children, but they fail because of the generation gap.

The new generation has their own values which are different from their elders and they want to make their own decisions. In the short story “A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier, the theme of generation gap is very prominent throughout the story. A generational gap is a

There are currently six living generations in the United States, each with different characteristics, beliefs, and values. The things that define each generation’s culture are derived from their history, upbringing, and the lifestyle of their time. Our generation was born between 1980 and 2000. We are called Millennials. More specifically, we grew up in the South, which typically lends itself to being more conservative and religious. These characteristics, along with our instant gratification attitude, define who we are, what we believe, and how we view other generations. For example, we might have differing views with the Silent Generation. Some Millennials may feel the Silent Generation’s social, religious, and economic conservatism is outdated.

The new generation are redefining themselves as the older generations are passing away; some seeking identify from their culture, while many others distance themselves from their ethnicity backgrounds.

A generation can be defined as the period, cohort or age of a group of people. Age is seen as the age that the persons were when particular transitions or events in life take place. Period can be defined as the overall experience of a person’s lifetime. Lastly, cohort can be seen as the overall grouping of people who have shared events during their formative years that more than likely contribute to like-minded behavior throughout the duration of their lives. There are currently four generations in United States society: Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X and The Millennials. The silent generation was born between the years of 1930 and 1945. Significant events during this time period include but are not limited to World War II and the Great Depression. The baby boomer generation was born between the years of 1946 and 1964. Significant events for this generation include the substantial growth of the middle class as well as economic prosperity. Generation X is born in the time period of 1965-1979, this generation was brought together by the big energy issue as well as the Vietnam War. Lastly the final generation that is currently in the workforce are the Millennials. This generation was born between the years 1980 and 2001, this group is brought together by the 9/11 terrorist attacks as well as the internet

Arlie Russel Hochschild adheres to a variety of assertions in his article, “Gen Fill in the Blank” concerning what he thinks a generation means. It was proposed that generations are solely branded by the pivotal impact they undergo as a cohort during historical events; hence, sharing a common response to those events. Hochschild furthers this idea by introducing generational identity and how that’s defined by the conceptions that society invokes upon a generation. Furthermore, he includes that an important factor making up modern day’s generation is the external burden of American Individualism; this universal pressure has robbed us of our ability to care and resulted in a profound deficiency of “cultural expression”.

Currently, there are five main generations. Traditionalists are the oldest generation, being born between 1900 and 1945. They only constitute 5% of the current workforce, as most have retired (Wiedmer 2015, 51). The baby boomers are the oldest and largest generation currently in the workforce (Wong et al. 2008, 878). This generation was born following World War II between 1945 and 1964, with approximately 76 million individuals (Wiedmer 2015, 52). Generation X was born from 1965 to 1981 and is also known as the baby busters because their birth rates are vastly lower than the baby boomers (Wiedmer 2015, 53). Generation Y, or the millennials, was born between 1982 and 1995 and grew up in a very different time compared to their predecessors, with

It is no surprise that our world and the people in it constantly change as time passes by. With new lifestyles, morals, technology, and many other changes, looking back on other generations and how the people lived might seem unusual. Two generations now that are living at the same time are the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. The Baby Boomers are people born from 1946 to 1964 in the post-World War II period. The Millennials are individuals born from 1977 to 2000. These dates are just approximate time periods of these generations because there are no precise years for these generations. The way these generations

A generation is all of the people who were born about a certain time and living about a certain time, collectively experiencing the same time period. Since each generation is born in different times it can cause issues on the features of the american life such as Social Security. As the United States government set up the Social Security program in 1937, it has been very aged since then. At that time, the Social Security system was able to pay its retirees a five hundred yield on the money they contributed. The Social Security program now, in todays time, is not able to say the same for itself. Because of generational conflicts, those who retire in the next few years will not be able to have the same benefits. Generational gaps can be shown

As time progresses onwards, the rift between generations seems to widen. Today, an emphasis is often placed on the defining differences between the younger and older generations.

As humans, we define generations as different types of people from different times. Each generation had its own unique characteristics that defined their time. Though the variety of each time was great, it could have some additions from the new generation. One major thing the new generation could inform the “oldies” is that, accepting others put us far as a majority. Understanding different types of people without fear can bring happiness and success to lives, without trouble.

Economically, there are social classes in the United States, that of high earners (the rich), and that of low earners (the poor). Some scholars do argue that the generation gap promotes inequality and creates unjust society. From one of the article readings we had in class, one article talked a bout opportunities in your State and they also mentioned about the connection and relationship that to me I though is the cause of generation gap not only in America but in other countries as well. Majority of the people who get good jobs in companies, they have connections from relatives and good friends or people around them. That why, people who have access to good education and they have connections with some relatives working with good companies, their chances of acquiring a job in such companies are quiet high as compared to those with relatively not good education and with no connections. So the rich will continue getting rich and the poor will stay poor hence the generation gap. But again American’s does not look at generation gap as

Generations can be loosely defined as bodies of individuals born and living at about the same time. “Each generation is molded by distinctive experiences during their critical developmental periods” (Twenge, 2008). The

Different generational groups communicate differently manly based upon the cultural shared practices that are most salient during their birth cohort, according Vann Morrison, with MLT Creative (Morrison). Since generational gaps have different communication styles the result is miscommunication and misunderstanding. The different generations, according to Michael S. Seaver, a career business coach, are Traditionalists that are born from 1922-1945, Baby Boomers that are born from 1946-1964, there is also Generation X born in 1965-1980, and Millennials (AKA) Generation Y born from 1981-2000 (Seaver). Although Baby Boomers and Millennials share many similarities they differ in important

Generation gap means difference in attitude, or lack of understanding between younger and older generation. This generation gap has always been there but these days it has reached to an explosive stage. The values and patterns of life have changed to a great extent. Today, everybody likes to live and behave in his own way. This attitude has widened the generation gap, which can never be filled. It is now destroying family life completely. The elders look after the children and make all sorts of sacrifices to bring them up. Naturally, they feel they have a right over them. They want their children to follow their instructions as they have certain expectations from them. But the children, when they grow up, want a complete freedom in their thoughts and actions and unfortunately their thoughts and actions are just opposite to those expected by the elders. They revolt when any kind of restrictions are imposed on them. Consequently, the family breaks up and everything gets ruined.