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A 6 page discussion of the changes which have been experienced in family structure, technology, educational expectations, and society as a whole between the life of a woman born in the 1920s, her daughter, and her granddaughter. The author utilizes the views of her grandmother to illustrate the declining societal mores which characterize our contemporary world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the pages of textbooks. It can be found reflected in practically every aspect of our lives, in fact. One of these reflections is in the life experiences of
our ancestors. Our grandparents often provide a particularly vivid image of the impacts of history. For this paper I have interviewed my seventy-seven year old grandmother. Born
in August, 1924, she has lived through many of the most important moments of the twentieth century. These life experiences has shaped not only her past, however, but also
her expectations for the future. My grandmother grew up on a farm near Boston. She later lived in a small town only
twenty miles north of Boston. It was there, in fact, that she married and raised her three children, one of whom was my mother. Today, my grandmother lives
alone in a house which she has owned and live in for the past thirty years. Always eager for company, my grandmother has provided me with an insight not
only on one of my immediate family members but also on the manner in which the world which we share has changed quite radically since the 1920s. These changes
are evident in such personal aspects of our lives such as family life and religious belief and practice as well as such societal aspects as education, technology, popular culture and
the community as a whole. What quickly becomes evident is that the country that I have inherited is quite different than that which my grandmother envisioned leaving me.
My grandmother came from a large, close-knit family of a mother and father, several brothers and sisters, and numerous extended family members. This
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