Belonging To A "Generation"

List:
Common Age Location
Common Beliefs and Behavior
Perceived Membership in a Common Generation

Straus and Howe write about the distincitons and qualifications of a generation. The writers try to best explain a way to set limits on when one generation begins and when one ends. Some of the factors they use for this are birth time, age of reproduction, and of death. While distinguishing the boundaries of a generation they also interpret the job of each generation. The article also goes on to explain the factors and definiton of a peer personality.

The article expressed ideas and theories of what makes a generation. I agree with their thoughts of what makes social categories. They give good examples such as religion, income, and race. Straus and Howe used good examples to mark their unofficial generations with the GI and Silent generations. Another part of the article that I agreed strongly with was the roles of each generation. I think they defined each role well and placed it in the appropriate age group. The authors also made a good point with how they believed each generation reacts to a major event such as a war. They explained that each generation would assume their job or position based on their age. For example a middle age adult would take a leadership position while late age adult would give advice and provide stewardship. Overall I think the article was well written and had some credible names mentioned in it giving it some accuracy.