Crisis: Generation X
Beginning of paper
Generation X is the most misunderstood generation to date. Douglas
Coupland attempts to make sense of what sense this generation has been left
with. Due to high expectations placed upon Generation X, commonly know as
"X-ers", by the successful "Baby Boomer" generation. Couplands' writings
valida ....
Middle of paper
.... It is easy
for parents of the "X-ers" to believe this because all they've know is rise.
Rise in population, rise in American business, and rise in overall success.
These days all jobs are taken. The jobs out there are low paying and
demeaning to overqualified applicants. Left only to scrap by, it is not
unusual for an "X-er" to feel "Boomer Envy" described as the "envy of
material wealth and long-range material security accrued by older members
of the baby boom generation by virtue of fortun ....
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Word count: 1590
Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
