ABSTRACT
The Conclusion reminds readers that Generation Z’s use of both digital and analog technologies makes for rich storytelling because characters become stewards of the physical world while simultaneously developing complex relationships with humans. Fictional characters from these narratives frequently look beyond their handheld screens to the physical world for both inspiration and survival in desperate circumstances, and such lessons may be applicable to the reader’s own perceptions of Generation Z youth. The conclusion offers two final examples that have implications for future study: the web-based television series Cobra Kai and the independent movie The Florida Project. The characters from both of these narratives have little financial stability on which to lean, and this scarcity of resources prompts them to engage in “rasquache,” a technique that involves not only bricolage but a form of resistance to typical capitalist structures and conventions. Such a technique may signal the way forward for Generation Z and the generations that follow them.
