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This experience unleashes feelings of helplessness, despair, and revolt among the victimized, who respond either with compliance or with selfishness and the rejection of the fathers' order.","In the works of Brecht's Berlin years, generational issues reach a new intensity and a turning point, conveying the author's perception of social deterioration as well as a program for change. Now, clearly, the exploitation of youth is a natural consequence of capitalism, the culprit of all social woes. Brecht offers youth socialist lessons to help break the cycle of abuse at the hands of the fathers. At the same time he demonstrates that not only solidarity among the young but also cooperation between the generations is critical to bring about the needed change in society.","The great plays of Brecht's exile period further elaborate the roles of youthful characters and children ranging between social victims and utopian savior figures. 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