Generations

INTRODUCTION Quadro
I decided to talk about different generations of teenagers of the 20th and 21st centuries to show that they are influenced by the society and the events that happened at the time. 1. The first generation I am going to refer is the one known as the Silent Generation, the generation born between the two World Wars; they were too young to join the army when World War II started. They lived during the roaring 20s but they also had to face the period of recession of the 30s. They were considered indifferent, unadventurous and silent.

2. The Greatest Generation refers mainly to American teens who fought in World War II, as well as those who stayed at home and tried to protect it.
Some of them contributed to the reconstruction of their country after the war.

Their characteristics are loyalty, hard work, patriotism, respect for authority, self-reliance, and a strong sense of civic obligation.

3. The Baby Boomers were the generation born just after World War II, when there was an increase on the birth rates.

They were part of the 1960s counterculture. It is the generation of the hippies, sexual revolution, and use of drugs such as cannabis and LSD to explore alternative states of consciousness.

They listened to the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
They were idealistic, non violent and wanted to save the world.

4. Generation X is the generation born between approximately 1964 and 1980, and connected to the pop culture.

They are said to be cynical, frustrated and unmotivated.

They listened to Nirvana and lived with their parents because they couldn’t get real jobs.

5. The MTV Generation is a term used to refer to people born from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s.

As a group, they constituted the youth culture of at the turn of the Millennium, ranging from age 15 to 25 in 2000.

This is a generation influenced by the music videos of MTV.

They listened to Pop music R&B (rhythm and blues), like