John Stein's Rhetorical Analysis On Millennials

In our world of instant gratification, people got to save money any way they can. People that shop online need to wait 48 hours before making an impulsive purchase. They are spending too much money on clothes, shoes, and accessories. One can start by cleaning out closets and sell the items that not being worn. In 7 Things Young People Are Spending More Money On These Days, Sam Becker states,This has led many to think that they are a bunch of entitled brats who refuse to grow up. But we have to take into account that millennials are saddled with more debt than any other previous generation, have grown up in a post-9/11 world of perpetual war, and entered the workforce during one of the worst economic stretches in American history. It hasn’t been all beach trips and Mike’s Hard Lemonades, though things are getting better (Becker, sec. 3). He says, The millennials

Everyone views things a little differently, therefore different writers have different perspectives about different subject matter. For example, while Andy Stern’s stance is that technology will one day take over the jobs of the working class Dean Baker thinks it has nothing to do with the rise in technology at all and more to do with generating demand through government deficits. The way Stern successfully incorporates ethos, pathos, and logos in his piece of writing is more appropriate and effective in accomplishing rhetorical purpose than Baker’s writing.

When Steinway goes to explain that he does not oppose workers fighting for their rights, I do believe him. In the document, it states many views that he had about the workers. He believes that’s the workers do not have the appropriate housing, good education, or the skills needed for the work force. In the testimony, he explains under the subtitle, The horrors of the Tenement House System, just how bad the housing was for the working families, one room to share; having one or even two families, where they would do all the cooking, washing, etc… Another idea that he brings up is the apprentice law, which would teach the workers, how to do the job, and the skills needed. Steinway agrees with the labor unions but, he thinks that in order to have

In his essay, “Generation Text,” Mark Bauerlein, uses many statistics and strong evidence to convince his audience that adolescents are losing the need to learn and grasp the knowledge of the arts and humanities that once were important to previous generations.

Pointing out the many problems that millennials may face as they start life on their own, Brooks elicits many emotions from his audience. Brooks states that the recent graduates, whose “lives have been perversely structured”, will be thrown into a culture shock when “they… enter a world that is unprecedentedly wide open and unstructured.” Through this statement and others, Brooks leans heavily on pathos to make his readers feel responsible for the state of the world that these new graduates will face. Depending on the audience, this could bring forth sympathy for the graduates, anger concerning the way that millennials are being viewed, or sadness about the condition of society. After graduation, “[graduates] are… cast out into a different

In Joel Stein's article "The New Greatest Generation", he attempts to prove that millennials will save society. Stein presents his counterargument first to interest readers then concludes his article with his

Although the growing cost of education is certainly one of the reasons for the rising student debt, there are several others. But the relationship between lender and student borrower is troubling. Students without much of a credit score or credit history are being approved for thousands of dollars in loans by lenders who are gambling they’ll be able to pay it back after getting a college degree. The wake-up call occurs after graduation when many students realize their loan debt exceeds any annual salary they’re able to earn–if they can find a job, that is (Touryalai). According to a new Wells Fargo study, about one-third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying tuition. More than half of the 1,414 surveyed, financed their education through student loans, and many say the if they had $10,000 the “first thing” they’d do is pay down their student loan or credit card debt (Touryalai). Student borrowers are delaying major life decisions, like buying a home or car, as a result of their student loans.

The ethnography The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope by James Cairns, discusses the myth of entitlement about millennials (or Generation Y) in a political, economic and social perspective in the North American context. Cairns debunks the idea that “young people expect everything to be handed to them without having to work for it” (Cairns, 2017, p.133). There is a misconception that millennials do not work hard, are addicted to praise, have a lack of respect for authority and are more entitled than any previous generation. When in reality they have to work harder due to the loss of entitlements compared to previous working generations. For instance, when Sedef got her dream internship at CMI she was grateful to

At the same time, a growing number of millennials are facing burdensome student loan debt. Rather than come out of college with pristine back-end ratios primed for a hefty mortgage, they are handcuffed by the debt that they have amassed in their early twenties. As the Pew Research Center has noted, 37 percent of people under the age of thirty have student loan debt. They contribute to the $1.3 trillion in student debt, leverage that could presumably be used for a mortgage or some other useful credit if it were not locked up already. Millennials are trying to increase their earning power by going to school so that they have the opportunity to advance economically, but it is simultaneously holding many of them back via years of extra debt—debt that is notably not going to a

Robert J. Samuelson, columnist for The Washington Post, in his article “Generational warfare, anyone?”(November 29th) rallies young americans to resent their current economic situation. Samuelson supports his claim by providing empirical evidence from recent Pew Research Center explicates the rising levels of people living with their parents, then by abstracting Scott Keeters notes juxtapositioning them with our modern day situation. His attempt to assemble the youth of the american workforce by informing them of their modern day struggles. Samuelson's uses erudite diction that appeals to the Washington Post’s audience of university graduates. The friction between the boomers and our current youth has thrown our economy back into the 1930’s.

Consistent with the research in “How to E-D-U”, the information in “Why Millennials are Behind” shows this problem is only getting worse because the total wealth of millennials in the same age group has actually fallen since 1984 to $26,059 from $29,521.

points out in an article the view on how the Baby Boomer’s generation contributed to the destructive economy, combined with the significant student debt, and the luxury of the middle class, has kept the Generation Y’s scared to not meet the high expectations of

Nearly 3.7 million American babies born in 1982 were the first members of the new Generation Y, or more affectionately known as millenials (Thompson, par. 1). Many things play into whether a generation is considered to be faring ‘better’ than another one; job opportunities, the state of the environment, whether the U.S. is at peace or at war, income vs. living expenses, the general happiness of the people, and the list goes on. Millenials are part of a special generation because

We've all seen those movies of those lazy individuals we call millennials. These people are often depicted as dependent individuals that are either living with their parents or renting some shady apartment. That's the question has been proposed whether or not are they justified in doing so. It is obviously easy to say that they have a right to do so, but can it be considered rational in the days we live in. Are their benefits from withholding to buying a house. And maybe even this could be the redefining of the new “American Dream.”

Across the nation, people are talking about the Millennial generation and how different they are compared to others, but are they really that different? Millennials are lazy, entitled, and selfish, or as you may have heard may be essential to the modern workplace, either way, they are being talked about whether it is good or bad. To put it in other words, past generations are concerned for what the future will look like with this technology-dependent generation, but is that a bad thing if the technology is only going to advance from here on out? The older generation is being too harsh or are they just genuinely concerned about the future? Joel Stein (2013) has written an article about the Millennials, it is titled Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation he argues for them being a selfish generation but by saying that it is not a bad thing. The second article is by Liz Zarka (2017) Generation Me: The Millennial Generation’s obsession with being unique, she argues that they are the generation that needs to be concerned for. After reading both of these articles I agree with some of the points that both of these authors make, however, there are also some sections that I disagree with. My perception of the situation is that millennials may have all these negative characteristics but use them to an advantage that no other generation can has; along with the advancement of technology and the use of social media may have increased the narcissistic trait in them, but they use these traits to get what they want, however, being narcissistic isn’t always good there can certainly be some disadvantages.