In Generation X the concept of self is clearly found within the analyzing of the character of Dag. The character of Dag represents the way that the people in Coupland's stories do not have a strong sense of what they are doing. There is no logical idea that Dag's mind follows. There is nothing but random thoughts and those thoughts dictate what the character of Dag does. There is no logical thought process that Dag uses to make his decisions; on the contrary Dag does not even think about the consequences that his friend will have to endure because of his irresponsibility. The narrator of the story states, "I wish he'd given some advance notice so I wouldn't have to knock my

Many of the characters found in the short stories rely on their knowledge to make decisions. Coupland's representation of the worldview concept of knowledge is found within the quote "Maybe, I've spent my whole life worrying about tiny little firecrackers made monstrous in our minds and on TV."(70) The firecrackers that Coupland refers to are the core set of beliefs that people believe in. Coupland is clearly representing the effect that media plays in our society and the way that much of our knowledge is derived from it. Otis, who is the traveler to the nuclear sites, comes to the conclusion that he must question the knowledge that he has assumed to be true. With this questioning comes new ideas and actions. Coupland is representing the fact that through the philosophical view that we must question even what we assume to be true we might find new and interesting ideas. Within the idea of question

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