1. EQ: What was the “Lost Generation” and why were they lost?

2. The Famous Quote:
The term “Lost Generation” was coined by Gertrude Stein while talking to her good friend Ernest Hemingway.
“That is what you are. That's what you all are ... all of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost generation.”

3. Who Were They?
The term “Lost Generation” is mostly associated with artists, authors, and musicians in the early part of the 20th Century
The people from this generation also associated with these losses

4. Who Were They?
The authors of the Lost Generation wrote deep and sad novels with complex characters and plot lines
The artists tended to move toward surrealism
The music was Jazz

5. Why were they Lost?: World War 1
The loss and trauma of the war was deeply troubling to the generation
Some of them fought
Many lost friends and family members

6. Why were they Lost?: Spanish Flu
The flu was far worse than the war
It killed more than 50 million people world-wide
This created fear amongst the populations