The Generation Gap

Rosenberg, an author who wrote books about societal issues in the 1970s, once wrote, “Generation Gap: A chasm, amorphously situated in time and space, that separates those who have grown up absurd from those who will, with luck, grow up absurd.” People grown up in different environments or times have their own morals or methods of operation that would not be politically correct today. This leads to a generation gap between young and old people. The difference between an educated twenty year old with

The Generation Gap Caused by Collectivism and Individualism Whether in non-western countries or westerns countries, when there are changes in politics and societies, families and individuals are affected greatly. In many non-western countries such as China, Japan and Korea, collectivism is considered as one of the most significant values in the cultures, whereas in western countries such as the United states, individualism is emphasized. However, from the middle of 19th century, a great number

underlying themes in Shakespeare's play, King Lear is the concept of the generation gap. This gap is mainly illustrated between the family. The older generation is Lear himself, and the younger generation consists of his daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. In the second plot of the play, Gloucester represents the older generation, and his sons, Edmund and Edgar exemplifies the younger generation. Both younger generations can be divided into two distinct groups. Goneril, Regan and Edmund are the

From the beginning, Hansberry displays how the Younger family struggles with the generation gap- the problems that the older generation has in dealing with the younger generation and vice versa. In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, family members Mama, Beneatha, Ruth, and Walter voice their generational differences over religion, life goals, gender identity. These differences then lead to disagreement and conflict among the family members. The first example is the difference in religious

Psychology of Education at the University of South Africa. The article is titled “Bridging the communication gap between Generation Y and the Baby Boomer generation. The article examines the generational communication gap between generation Y and the Baby Boomer generation with the intention to suggest ways to bridge the gap. Venter (2016) argues that meaningful communication between the two generations is important because they have connected channels of communication and the two can give meaning to each

I feel that the relationship between mother and daughter is a strained one, with the obvious love and care for each other marred by the obvious generation gap between the two, the lack of understanding and perspective and fixed expectations that the mother sets. Firstly, the mother sets fixed expectations for her daughter. As seen in the start of the passage, she has already planned out her daughter’s future and expects her to follow it, thinking about how “now (her daughter) can be a doctor, make

In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the generation gap affects the way characters think, and react to situations. An important aspect of both generations’ lives, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets had been passed down for ages. The older generation doesn’t understand that love and marriage are becoming more about finding the right partner for each individual, rather than maintaining family loyalty and appeasing one’s parents. The younger generation values their individualism and wants to

socialisation is due to the generation gaps. The term “generation” is defines as “subcomponents of society demarcated by age”. What defines a generation is generally the diving lines are tied to crucial global events. For example, the end of WWII was the birth of the Baby Boomers. The generations that my “Cross-Generational Study” looks at are Gen X (1967 – 1976) and Gen Z (1996 - 2009). Gen X which are born between 1977 to 1995. They are currently aged 41 - 50 and make up This Generation follows the baby

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Background The gap between energy consumption and energy generation is gradually increasing and has become a significant problem for both domestic and industrial applications. Furthermore, conventional energy sources, like fossil fuels, are not fulfilling the energy needs of the developing world. And, although they are still major energy sources for both the industrial and domestic sectors of the world 's economy, they are also responsible for many problem

four children in the United States lives with at least one foreign-born parent, and eighty-eight percent of those children are second generation (Zong). Second generation immigrants typically acquire the language spoken in the receiving country (their second language, the L2) when old enough to leave the household for schooling, while their parents—first generation immigrants—retain their native language (the L1). While childhood arrivals “effortlessly acquire” the L2, “higher wage returns and better