Comparing the generations Literary group Benjamin, Kerstin, Melanie, Ricarda, Agnes, Gauillaume...

Comparing the Comparing the generationsgenerations

Literary groupLiterary group

Benjamin, Kerstin, Melanie, Benjamin, Kerstin, Melanie, Ricarda, Ricarda,

Agnes, Gauillaume & Agnes, Gauillaume & MartinaMartina

Family tree of the Family tree of the SmithsSmithsAbraham Mary-Anne

Marc

Susan

Paula

Peter

Simon

Meggie

Angelina Bart

DiaryDiary

Mary-Mary-AnneAnne

It’s hard. It really is . Every day we have to It’s hard. It really is . Every day we have to find , how we can survive the next day. We do find , how we can survive the next day. We do not have any food, we do not have any fuel. not have any food, we do not have any fuel. Mother has such a strong personality, but it’s Mother has such a strong personality, but it’s painful for her, too . Today, my only ray of light painful for her, too . Today, my only ray of light was Abraham. I’ve seen him at the standpipe. In was Abraham. I’ve seen him at the standpipe. In my dream, Abraham and I live in a big house, my dream, Abraham and I live in a big house, with a lot of animals and especially food. I really with a lot of animals and especially food. I really don’t want to starve to death. don’t want to starve to death.

28.04.195028.04.1950

01.05.195801.05.1958

Today was one of the best days in my life. Today was one of the best days in my life. Abraham asked me to marry him. Although Abraham asked me to marry him. Although my parents can’t give so much dower, he said my parents can’t give so much dower, he said that he loves me. I hope, everything will be that he loves me. I hope, everything will be good now.good now.

Diary

Angelina

It was exhausting today, I didn’t understand It was exhausting today, I didn’t understand anything in school. I couldn’t concentrate, anything in school. I couldn’t concentrate, because my friends forced me into speaking because my friends forced me into speaking with them. I really wanted to listen to the with them. I really wanted to listen to the teacher, but I couldn’t. My “friends” told me teacher, but I couldn’t. My “friends” told me that I’m a nerd…I don’t know what I should that I’m a nerd…I don’t know what I should do..my last English test was the worst I’ve ever do..my last English test was the worst I’ve ever written. My so called friends thought it’s cool, written. My so called friends thought it’s cool, but my parents will kill me. I’m afraid to tell but my parents will kill me. I’m afraid to tell them. It’s so important for my mum and my dad, them. It’s so important for my mum and my dad, that I have good marks. Life’s difficultthat I have good marks. Life’s difficult.

2007-03-022007-03-02

Future plans 1960Future plans 1960• Name: Smith• Surname: Mary-Anne• Date of Birth, Age: 05.06.1940, 20 years old • Marital status: married with 22-year old Abraham Smith• Children: twins aged 1 year• Place of residence: lives at her father-in-law’s farm in the countryside;• Work: lovely mother, upbringing of the children;

housewife, helps her mother in law with the washing and cooking

• Hobbies: loves sewing, knitting, gardening, baking, listening to the gramophone

Future plan: Future plan: • She would like to live in her own house where she can be the landlady. The cottage

should have a nice garden, because she loves flowers and likes to grow her own vegetables. In the future she wants to have three children in addition.

• She hopes that her husband will come home earlier in the evenings, now he tends to go to the pub after work and leaves her alone.

Future plans 2010

• Name: Smith• Surname: Angelina• Date of Birth, Age: 23.08.1990, 19 years old • Marital status: single (in an on-and-off affair with Kevin Kingsley)• Children: none• Place of residence: lives with her parents Susan and Peter and her brother

Bart in a row house• Work: attends school in her final year

• Hobbies: going out with friends, facebook, shopping, clubbing, listening to Hip Hop Music, dressing up,

watching American soaps

Future plan: • Studying economics at university• Having a career in a big international firm• Earning lots of money• Being independent• Having a « sex and the city life »

Daily routine 1970Daily routine 1970Mary-Anne Time Abraham

Get up, milking the cows

05:00 Get up, clear the stable, feeding the animals

Waking up the children, preparing breakfast and lunch for school

07:00 Eating breakfast, reading newspaper

cleaning the house and gardening

09:00 Field work

Buying the food and preparing for lunch

11:00 Field work

Serving lunch 12:00 Eating lunch

Daily routine 1970Daily routine 1970Mary-Anne Time Abraham

Reheating lunch for the children

14:00 Digging the fields

Checking the children’s homework

16:00 Stable work

Preparing and serving dinner to husband and children

18:00 Eating dinner

Sending the children to bed, sewing and knitting

20:00 Going to the pub

Going to bed 21:00 / 22:30 Going to bed

Susan Time Peterget up; preparing the

breakfast5:00 sleep till 6:00

work starts 7:00 work starts

little break, eating a snack 9:00 working

working 11:00 break till 12:30

Daily routine 2010Daily routine 2010

Susan Time Peterworks ends, preparing the

lunch13:00 working

do the housework or meet friends

15:00 working

preparing the dinner 17:00 work ends, going home to take his dinner

reading a book in general 19:00 relax or meet friends

Daily routine 2010Daily routine 2010

Announcements 1960Announcements 1960

1960: Abraham is looking fora girlfriend, he places an announcement in the newspaper

Announcement 1960

AnnouncementI , 20 years old ,

from Salisbury, am searching a wife, who is beautiful;

brown haired, intelligent, with

green or blue eyes, tall, sensual for

helping me to work on my farm, fond of children, spending a calm life in a rural

area.

Announcement 2010

2010: Bart is looking for a girlfriend, he places an announcement on the internet

I, 20 years old, from Salisbury, am looking for a one-night-stand, tall, blond and blue eyed, beautiful like Kate Hudson, I live in an huge apartment in the city, are you interested??

CALL ME ! 0658478535 !!!!!!

Dialogue

between grandfather and grandson

Hello grandpa

Hello Bart

How are you?

I’m fine, thank you and you?

Me too, I’m a little bit tired because I was out last night.

When I was as old as you are now, I didn’t go out every night, I had to work every

day to earn money.

But times have changed.

Yes they really have.

But it’s good for us, because otherwise we would not have

such a beautiful youth.

Another question, how

are your parents?

Fine, they are in Prague for the

weekend.

They will return on Monday,

won’t they?

Yes, they go back to work on Tuesday

morning. They are always travelling.

When your mother was young we only

had one week of holiday in August.

What are you going to do at the weekend?

I don’t know yet, but I will

meet my friends.

If you want, you can stay

overnight.

Sounds great, could you pick

me up?

I will pick you up at 19h30.

See you later.