Abstract..................................................................................I
Key Words.................................................................................I
摘要......................................................................................II
关键词....................................................................................II
Introduction..............................................................................1
I. The Comparison Between “The Lost Generation” in America and Today’s Chinese Youth...3
A. The Comparison of Their Epoch Background.............................................3
B. The Comparison of Their Behavior.....................................................4
C. The Comparison of Their Life Pursuit...................................................6
D. The Comparison of the Social Factors for Their Perverse Behavior.....................7
II. The Social Environment to Chinese Youth...............................................10
A. The Importance of the Social Environment...............................................10
B. The Social Environment Chinese Youth Needed..........................................10
C. The Efforts of the Chinese Youth.....................................................11
Conclusion................................................................................12
Acknowledgements..........................................................................13
Bibliography..............................................................................14
Abstract
Nowadays, the Chinese youth are considered as “The Lost Generation”, and they are being criticized by the elders all day, because they do a lot of perverse things just like “The Lost Generation” in America which the elders cannot understand. Many of today’s Chinese youth do things to oppose the tradition, they are becoming more and more indifferent and apathetic and their desire of becoming famous is stronger than ever before. It seems that they are very happy and they do not care about anything, but actually, they are dissatisfied with their life and the society and suffering a lot in their hearts. But few people know about this and understand them. Nowadays, getting a house and a satisfactory job are so difficult; in the acquisitive society, money becomes more important than ever before and money worship is becoming more and more popular; there are unfair phenomena here and there in the society, which make people hopeless; the lack of honesty makes people difficult to trust each other, which results in the feeling of insecurity of people; and people are becoming indifferent and apathetic. The social environment influences people’s life deeply, so the Chinese youth need a good social environment. But, people themselves are the most important factor. So, the Chinese youth must do something to help themselves, too. This paper is to talk about the life of today’s Chinese youth by making a comparison with “The Lost Generation” in America, and the methods of improving the situation.
Key Words
Comparison; life; dissatisfaction; pressure; society