With a look at today's society one would notice many changes in the values of our emerging generation. ?The United States has more malls than high schools, and Americans spend more time shopping than reading.?(Quindlen). This growth of consumerism in our country must be attributed to something. Since our generation, arbitrarily titled generation Y, is moving into adulthood, we must look at what has influenced our adolescence, and what is still influencing today?s …showed first 75 words of 1890 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1890 total…and stuff and nonsense. More than ever, America?s crazed consumerism seems absurd.? Newsweek 3 Dec. 2001: 76. Academic Index Univ. Central Fl. Lib. 26, Feb. 2003. <http://bess.fcla.edu/ ~fcliac/cgi-bin/cgi2iac/CF?RI80395684>. Seel, John. ?Plugged In, Spaced Out, and Turned On: Electronic Entertainment and Moral Mindfields.? Journal of Education 197.3 (1997):17. Academic Search Premier Univ. Central Fl. Lib. 26, Feb. 2003. <http://web2.epnet.com /citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+0+ln+en% 2Dus+sid+?>.