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In The Road to Character, David Brooks argues (240-270) that the shift from “Little Me” to “Big Me” (and , thus, from “Adam II” to “Adam I”) happens not, as is often thought, in the 60s and 70s (with the Baby Boomers) but, actually, in the late 40s and 50s (with the “Greatest Generation”). In a three-page essay, explain Brooks’s view of the causes of this change, the consequences (both positive and negative), and possible corrections (if we have moved too far in this direction).
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Running head: “LITTLE ME” TO “BIG ME”
“Little Me” to “Big Me”
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
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“LITTLE ME” TO “BIG ME”
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Introduction
In the last chapter of his book, Brooks brings out an argument that there is always a
vacuum created when one moral culture makes a shift from one cultural form into another.
Therefore, following the vacuum created during the shifting, human beings need to work hard to
ensure the compensation of the vacuum of the ways of life. Brooks keeps his focus on the shift of
culture that emphasized self-esteem and pride. The shift happened during the 1950s and 1960s.
During that period, there were changes of ways of life of people — the cultural practices that
were upheld before the beginning of the changes used to support various vices and injustices in
the society such as discrimination and corruption among others. The shift helped in fixing of
various social injustices that were affecting the society during that period. Social injustices were
being used in the previous generations to oppress the vulnerable groups of people in society. The
social injustices were against the minorities, women, and the...