Personal Narrative: My Generation Of World War II

The book “The Greatest Generation”, by Tom Brokaw, is about the men and women who were born in the 1920’s and how they are what he deems to be the greatest generation thus far. He believes this generation is so tremendous because of the fact they did not demand respect for what they did and went through. Though may sacrificed as much as their lives, they do not think higher of themselves. Even through all their struggling they managed to have enough strength leave everything behind and fight for their country. I believe Tom Brokaw is correct when he says they are there greatest generation. People then would support the war and the men who fought in it, whereas nowadays there are just as many people against war, fighting, and the men and

“The Greatest Generation” is a term used to describe the generation who were the children of the Great Depression and who became the adults of the Second World War (Brokaw). There may be strong reasons why other generations may be considered great. The generation born during the war undertook the task of putting a man on the moon. This is perhaps the most important of all human endeavors. They are certainly worthy of being considered great but not the greatest. In fifteen years America and indeed the world endured the crushing poverty of the Great Depression and the costliest war in all of human history. The enormous struggles and accomplishments of this generation is what makes it the greatest.

My mother would often say of my brother and I have it easier than when she was younger. She says that this generation is a lot lazier and more entitled than hers was. With the newest and latest devices and gadgets coming out every year, she says that the youth feels entitled to have them, but don’t want to do the work to get them. Both of my mom and dad had jobs when they were younger as well as most of their friends, making it her generation's American identity. She explained that there was not as many working laws for teenagers back then for after school jobs. With this came more responsibility, she also said that there was a lot more respect for adults as well as others in general. Things like Facebook allow youth to make rude comments on other’s posts without much thought of what they’re actually

Our generation has a variety of different people and it really defines what it means to be an American to this day. One topic that really stands out to me is something as simple as saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Most guys will not know what it would be like to be deployed in a different country to fight for our own. Our generation is very lucky, back when world wars were going on men would actually be drafted to go into war. Us Americans have been rioting through the streets of America over a Republican being elected president. People have been burning the American flag because of it. If this is what our generation is going to do, I can’t say that we are true Americans.

The generation after World War 2 is what Tom Brokaw refers to as The Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation have gone and seen many important things in our history. This generation handled things differently and had high standards and morals to live up to. This generation developed personal values that they believed that helped them overcome many future problems. This generation was so great because they developed personal values and helped the world and economy.

There are many aspects of my generation that reflect, define, and influence my generation. Its a difficult task to understand Generation X, my generation. We are like no generation before us, and no preceding generation will be like ours. We are empowered by the Internet, we have more knowledge about technology than our parents, and we are exposed to so much information. One thing remains unchanged, as with past generation; the relationship between us and our parents. Jamake Highwater once said, "the greatest distance between people is not space, but culture.(301)" This is true, my generation has their own culture, one which is of course different than that of our parents. We are still considered rebellious. We listen to music

Although it’s been hard for my brother, Louis, my mother, Emma, my dad, Charles, and me, we have been enduring many hardships after this great war. Louis is only five, my mother’s thirty-eight, my dad’s thirty-nine, and I’m thirteen. Even though it ended almost a year ago, it still has some great effects on us. Some have had some positive effects, but they’ve mostly been bad. The Great War had not completely end in 1918.

I have never once considered the possibility of WWIII. To me, I’ve always lived in my own protective bubble: living under the same roof with both of my parents, eating three meals a day, thinking that the most traumatic thing in my life was when Rhannon Zhang made fun of my speech impediment in second grade.

A world war has begun. Bombs are being dropped and the world as we know it will cease to exist and people are fleeing to available shelters. I, a member of a speacial government department, had been notified that a group of ten was in conflict over who would be permitted into a shelter made for six. It's critical that the choice was made quickly and that chosen were the best possible candidates. Therefore, I chose the sixteen-year-old girl and the physician to reside in the shelter, but rejected the violinist.

The GI generation, also known as the Greatest Generation, were the ones who saved the world and then rebuilt it; while the next generation, Baby Boomers,were the radicals of the 70’s. Generation X are the cynicals and lastly are the millennials, the ones who have been accused of killing almost everything. Since World War I, the generations of the world have become increasingly different over time but, the same willpower, patriotism, and drive to create a better nation still remains.

“The Try-Hard Generation,” by Fareed Zakaria, tells about the views of other generations on the millennial generation. Zakaria informs that a lot of those who are older than the millennials put labels on them down putting and not really good. Those people giving the labels are expecting the millennials to be like their generation and act like their generation when they were the same age. Zakaria explains that it is thought that since the millennials do not challenge the system with protesting and rebellion, then they must not be a great generation like the ones before it. Zakaria goes on and says that they millennials are just

It is amazing how quickly drastic change can occur causing a deadly domino effect. It seems with each generation you hear people speak of how the upcoming generation is different. It seems the previous generation never approves of the current generation. Change is constant. Youth today are being raised completely different than their grandparents and great grandparents. In America the daily way of life has changed so much that grandparents simply cannot understand this world let alone keep up with it. Of course America has made absolutely awesome progress in many areas but there are a few areas where the ball has been dropped. Tragically the transition in our diet, healthcare, the way we birth our children, and the way we raise our children has taken a turn for the worse, compromising our health and quality of life.

The generation of the technology, the delayed life choices, the impatience, the reliance on our parents, more commonly known as Generation Y or Millennials, is the generation born between 1980 and 2000. Older generations are always finding fault with what we, the Millennials, do or say or didn’t do or didn’t say. The world is changing so fast, we can hardly keep up. It is bad enough we have to push to learn as much as we can and apply the knowledge effectively, let alone being criticized for every move we make by our elders, who don’t really seem to help matters but complicate them.

The Greatest generation has been perceived as a role model to historians and newer generations. Akin to a grandchild learning his grandfather’s history from past experiences as well as storytelling. As the older generations values age, that generation tends to reminisce its past, adding to that generations grandness. As such, the greatest generation has been revered for its valor and morals. As Brokaw wrote “it is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced”.

To start with in particular respect, a very powerful, inspirational word that everyone wants to be looked at when they grow more successful. But to compare a generation of Millennials to a family of the 1950’s is very broad, but let's dive in, who do we respect as a millennial? Some might mention the most popular movie star, a football player on a team, maybe even an actor that has millions of dollars. Anyone that has been trending on social media that provides entertainment, has lots of viewers and is famous, they are respected by us. I believe we have taken some of the most important people in our lives for granted; our parents and relatives. Not only did our parents put us on this planet they raised us to be specials persons to benefit society. To clarify, they helped us go to school to read, learn, and comprehend daily life matters. The parents in the 1950s did this too with their children, however they looked at their father as a superhero and