Tom Brokaw

Generation served their country in any way possible until they could no longer serve. Tom Brokaw describes the backgrounds of theses patriotic Americans, as well as their experiences during and after the war. The author, Tom Brokaw; a part of of The Greatest Generation, has plenty of experience around the military. His fathers, Red Brokaw, was the typically role model for his son. “Between the ages three and five [Tom Brokaw] lived on an Army base in western South Dakota and spent a good deal of my time

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. Tom Brokaw was a news anchor for NBC Night News. Tom wrote

Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation In Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation, the author portrays ordinary people of a certain generation as having qualities of greatness and heroism. He tells stories of average people that lived inspiring lives through many hardships, and declares today’s society as the beneficiary of their challenging work and commitment. Brokaw’s generous and proficient use of imagery helps to persuade the reader to believe that the people of “the greatest generation”

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

Many of the Greatest Generations’ core values have been challenged by later generations due to changes in the economy, politics, war, social equality, technology, and the family structure. The Greatest Generation, a name that journalist Tom Brokaw popularized, refers to the generation that grew up during the Great Depression, served during World War II, and then worked hard and prospered after the War. The Greatest Generation believed in following rules and not questioning authority, focusing on

“Today’s Exhausted Superkids” is an article written by the respected columnist Frank Bruni who has been a White House correspondent, a restaurant critic, and has written for the New York Times. Bruni begins this article by lamenting the various dilemmas facing America’s top high school students, all of which were presented in the book Overloaded and Underprepared. The problem which he claims to have struck him the most, though, is the dire lack of sleep which has become the norm for high school students

The stories of 47 Americans and their contribution to World War II as well as the struggles they faced were written down and shared through this book. Tom Brokaw, the author, shared some of their memories, dreams they had, their jobs, and how the war affected each of them personally. This book exposed this generation's remarkable bravery, their patriotism, and their accomplishments. Along with that, similar personal values, goals (both spoken and unspoken), and personality traits were shared between

My cell phone alarm goes off at 8 am, and I grab my phone for my morning scroll. I start on Facebook and skim through the updates, only clicking on two pieces: one, Dan Rather’s posts in which he writes live updates about his road trip to Mount Rushmore with his grandson, and a Vox article about Disney’s live-action adaptation of Aladdin. After reading the latter, I switch to Chrome to look up the lead actors, finding a more detailed article in The Atlantic. After an hour of following the “bunny

Literary Analysis of The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw "They came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America; men and women whose everyday lives of duty, honor, achievement, and courage made our nation the greatest on earth." This quote is fittingly descriptive of the achievements and importance the post World War II generation had on us. In Tom Brokaw's Book, The Greatest Generation, Brokaw describes in a very personal and detailed way

“Time is gone the song is over”, now what? In life humanity craves more time. Time is the one fixation we cannot get enough of. Since humanity is required to age, time seems to slip away. We don’t comprehend how time is synthesized. Society knows it goes on forever, regardless of what happens in life. Pink Floyd’s album, Dark Side Of The Moon, had immense success. It was recorded in the summer of 1972 on Capital records. The song Time was written by Roger Waters and recorded in the progressive