Alyssa Fairgrieve’s Reviews > Fathers and Children > Status Update

less respectful behavior, less obedience towards authorities--and this is all within "proper" society. i do assume that the two characters portraying these ideals are exaggerated to be towards their extremes, but i assume this must've been a large generational shift at the time. it makes me reflect on today's consumerism, aesthetics, performative personalities, etc. because of the lack of care and personalization of things following industrialization and its other effects, i think these things are valued in a different way today, but cant be appreciated the way they used to. it ALL feels performative these days. nothing we own has the same meaning because it's mass-produced. russia apparently experienced industrialization later on and i wonder what impact that had on the views shown in novel, and what impact the earlier industrialization had on the european countries going through revolutions at the time

also this book is only like 200 pgs not 400 but i cant find the edition im reading

soo yeah i think that maybe it was fashionable for young people to be nihilistic at the time and dislike the showboat type of personality, but i feel like our generation deeply misses things that have meaning when we can buy anything for cheap, especially things mimicking handmade luxury. overall just observing the different stages/effects of industrialization--europe after industrialization, russia pre-industrialization, and modern america many years following industrialization