Argumentative Essay On The Millennial Generation

In the article “The Beat Up Generation,” Abby Ellin claims that the negative way other generations view the millennials may all be wrong; instead, the millennials are preparing for the world most generations are opposing. Ellin declares in her article that the millennials are shown to be the most disliked generation; their ideas collide with those in the Baby Boomers and the Gen-Xers causing confusion. Constantly, Articles are being thrown out about the millennials “incompetence” and their “self-absorbed” behavior which only causes more hatred according to Ellin. However, she continues to state that millennials are no more selfish than the previous generations; in fact, millennials are only trying to discover new ways for “communication and

In Eric Hoover’s article, The Millennial Muddle, he describes how stereotyping and trying to understand students has become a major industry, especially with Millennials, since there are different adaptations and interpretations of this generation. It contains the different opinions from people who have studied this generation. Researchers try to figure out who Millennials are, how they think, why they always do what they do, and in those propositions and findings find them to contradict one another. Hoover then states that “in other words, they’re all different. But just for fun, let’s stereotype them as smart, successful, and lull of shakeable opinions.” Hoover does not deny these findings to be contradictory of what Millennials truly are.

Throughout history, the newest generation is always claimed as the most lazy, narcissistic, and self centered generation yet, and each previous generation disregards the reasons why the new generation acts the way they do. However, Joel Stein expertly brings to light in his article,“Why the Millennials Will Save Us All”, the fact that “They [the new generation] are not a new species; they've just mutated to adapt to their environment,” (Stein 4). Stein starts his article bashing on the millennials, utilizing a conversational tone and effective use of ethos and logos to draw the reader in. But halfway through the article, his tone suddenly changes along with his purpose as he analyzes his own life to shows how his own generation has the same

Published in Time magazine on May 20, 2013, “The New Greatest Generation – Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” by Joel Stein, proposes that millennials are a generation of entitled, self-involved narcissists, but have the potential of bettering society. He begins the article by condemning them, then shifts his point and gives reasons why they are changing the way that the world is working. Although Joel Stein’s article includes factual information, it becomes ineffective due to its bias, generalizations, and euphemisms used to further his argument.

Millennials are categorized in many differ ways. Some people believe Millennials are lazy and narcissistic while other people believe they are more open-minded confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and receptive to new ideas and ways of living. This starts different disputes between individuals. For example, Hasan Piker argues Simon Sinek statements made in the video, “On Millennials in the Workplace.” Sinek uses his motivational speaking skills to persuade the audience that Millennials, people reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century, are catered to and entitled. He uses four examples that back up his reasoning: parenting, technology, impatience, and environment. In contrast, Piker responds differently, believing that Millennials work for their status. Piker argues Sinek’s views about Millennials in the video “Young Turks on Millennials.” Both Sinek and Piker use different rhetorical strategies to entertain and persuade their audience about Millennials.

In Joel Stein’s article “The New Greatest Generation” Stein not only explains, but defends the millennial generation. Stein explains that while “The incidence of narcissistic personality disorder is nearly three times as high for people in their 20s as for the generation that's now 65 or older” it’s not all our fault! Part of the blame may lie with our parents. The millennial generation has grown up receiving awards just for participating. Our parents unwittingly instilled a since of narcissism in an attempt to build self-confidence by telling us our entire lives that we can be anything we want to be. Maybe people are right; maybe we are a lazy generation of narcissists, but it’s not completely our fault.

Every generation is defined by something. Baby Boomers had a strong work ethic and were morally righteous. Generation X was defined by its skepticism, perhaps resulting from the failures of Enron and the televised challenger explosion. And then we have millennials, a group that is marked by its liberal views and desire for a sense of purpose in their lives. However, millennials are also considered to be infantilized and sensitive. Maybe it’s our concerning answer to whether all forms of speech should be legal. Perhaps it’s our calls for unquestionable inclusion and implicit bias seminars on college campuses that have left students and faculty feeling backed into a corner. At the end of the day, millennials, which include me, are being

Generation Me by Jean Twenge and Joel Stein’s The New Greatest Generation are two readings that greatly criticize the narcissistic tendencies of my generation, the Millennials. A category made of children of the new millennium (the 90s) allegedly brought up thinking they deserve everything and that it’s all for them, described by Twenge and Stein as narcissistic. I personally would like to take a neutral stance, however Stein and Twenge take such clear sides against millennial that I’m inclined to at least offer examples to the contrary.

The article I found on the website http://www.marketingteacher.com/the-six-living-generations-in-america/) states, “Millennials were raised in a digital environment and prefer to retrieve most of their information from the internet.” I am a member of Generation Y, and I agree with this statement. My generation likes to receive information in real time. I believe that there lies some truth in all stereotypes. My generation has a totally different mindset than our parents did. My parents are Baby Boomers and they placed heavy emphasis on education and working a job for thirty years. In today’s society, that way of thinking is not the best formula for success because the world has changed. My grandparents were from the GI/Mature

In the article, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” Stein characterizes millennials as being lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. Just how previous individuals have throughout history as he said. He also adds that millennials are narcissistic and fame-obsessed. Millennials are different from members of the other generations by quite a few examples. Like having computers to help with algebra instead of using their heads. Millennials worldwide are similar due to social media and globalization. However, not as similar to older generations. Stein said, millennials perceive entitlement and adapt to the world. He also discusses how we can connect with others internationally and no longer need to marry someone from our high school, but could be

The writer could recognize our potential. The myth of millennial entitlement was created to hide their parents’ mistakes will probably offer another point of view with statistics that could back the idea we are actually not as lazy as baby boomers make us out to be. From the title: The Corporate America Chases the Mythical Millennial, it makes me think that it will be an article that is saying that millennials are a fabricated concept. I watched the first 6 seconds of the video to see what it would be about, and it starts off with “I can’t believe we made it,” which I predict will give the viewer a sense of how the childhood in the 1950-80’s was back

The millennial generation is defined as the generation of children born between 1980 and 2000. This is the generation of young men and women fully committing themselves to personal aspirations. Time Magazine published an article titled “Millennials: the Me Me Me Generation,” which claimed millennials are lazy, self-entitled, self-obsessed narcissists. Yet, millennials are also known for being realistic.

It has been stated that millennials are “feel entitled to almost everything, because they were told that they were special (CQ Researcher, page 566).” The millennial generation has too much self- confidence, because they had coddling parents and helicopter parents who smothered us with too much attention (CQ Researcher, page 566).” It has been sated that millennials are waiting to long to get married and this is looked at in a negative manner. I would have to disagree with this, I feel as if this is a positive thing, we no longer want to focus on relationships until we are able to become more stabilized and receive the degrees that we may be aiming for. CQ Researcher stated that “as the economy improves millennials are embarking on major life changes such as: starting families moving to the suburbs buying homes and automobiles, i.e. (CQ Researcher, page 557).” This generation according to some may say that “we have it easier than other generations (CQ Researcher, page 567)”, but can you actually blame that on us our parents that have raised

Millennials, a group of people who were born in the year 1984 and after. There are millions of them and they are our future. According to Simon Sinek, millennials “are accused of being entitled and narcissistic, self interested, unfocused and lazy.” Even though Millennials lack in some aspects, he believes that parenting, technology, impatience and environment is to blame. As a millennial, I totally agree with Sinek’s point because I am affected by all the variables that he listed ever since birth. Millennials did not do anything wrong but, the way they were raised affected their attitudes.

Millennials are the worst, or so people think. Millennials were branded with a stereotype as lazy, overlying on their parents, stupid, incompetent, and tech savvy. In reality, Millennials can be some of the hardest working people in their communities. Millennials are more optimistic, people rely on their help, and they are a huge percentage of the world’s community population.