At the beginning of this bachelor paper the novel The Buddha of Suburbia written by Hanif Kureishi is briefly introduced. The period covered by the book is analysed and terms dealing with politics, identity and other terms concerning the cultural context of the book are further discussed. In the practical part, behaviour of adolescents from an ethnic minority is scrutinized. The attitudes of young generation towards society and factors influencing shaping of their opinions on various social and existential questions as well as tackling the issue of assimilation into the major society are analysed from youth´s point of view.
