"The Time of Their Lives"

List:
The Great Depression.
World War 2.
Woman's Right to Vote.

Summary
Brokaw's "The Time of Their Lives" was written to describe what events lead the Baby Boomer's generation to be birthmarked for greatness. The article starts off by giving a background of what has been going on in the time of this generation. Later on in the article the author transitions to a different point of view and gives a personal look from his eyes of what he remembers from that time.

The author gave a really good description of the events that the generation went through. I really enjoyed the detail that he went into. The article also explain in steps of how Hitler came to rise, how the war emerged. My favorite part of the article was how he wrote it through his eyes. I liked how he described what his mother and father's jobs were. When he brought up the fact that his sister graduated from highschool at sixteen, to work at the post office for a dollar a day. Then on top of that he mentions that his sister makes more than his father. The author also included what kinds of jobs his extended family did which gave me a good picture of the depression. The article gave a good representation of how everyone from the generation had a rough life, but which lead them to be successful.