Part one of term 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 validate his generation (Generation X) and invalida ...

Part two of term paper
... Dag, Claire are close friends who all work "McJobs" which is defined by Coupland as: "[a] low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector" (Generation X, pg.5). They each are misunderstood by their parents and are seen as underachievers in a society "that has it easy." 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 ...