Millennials have become a topic that has extensively spread throughout the world. Many people were afraid to take the topic up for discussion, but not Joel Stein. Stein is an author for the Time magazine, who published the article “Why Millennials Will Save Us All” on May 2013. Stein takes on the argument head on and dives into the meat of the discussion from the start by evaluating the “me me me” generation. Stein’s approach in his article is unalike compared to others as he shows his two opinions of millennials. Joel Stein consistently helps strengthen his argument by using credible data, having great diction, and showing unique perspectives.
Joel Stein backs up his statement by using credible sources to prove his points of interest. Stein states from the National Institutes of Health that narcissistic personality disorder is “three times as high” for adults in their twenties compared to the baby boomer generation (28). Stein uses data to support each new point he brings up in his article. For example, when Stein brings up that the millennials are lazy he borrows information from a study from the Families and Work Institute about people under the age …show more content…
In his first point from the start of the article Stein states here is the “cold, hard data” to show from the intro of his article that he plans to back up his points based on the implication. The usage of “cold, hard data” also implies that Stein is giving the information directly to the readers. Stein used words such as “pragmatic idealists” to describe how the millennials act in the current system of their world (34). Pragmatic is another way of saying doing what works best. Stein later into the article discusses how millennials are great at manipulating and using leverage for themselves in other words doing what is best for them, so Stein simply used the best usage to back up his point he was
Joel Stein backs up his statement by using credible sources to prove his points of interest. Stein states from the National Institutes of Health that narcissistic personality disorder is “three times as high” for adults in their twenties compared to the baby boomer generation (28). Stein uses data to support each new point he brings up in his article. For example, when Stein brings up that the millennials are lazy he borrows information from a study from the Families and Work Institute about people under the age …show more content…
In his first point from the start of the article Stein states here is the “cold, hard data” to show from the intro of his article that he plans to back up his points based on the implication. The usage of “cold, hard data” also implies that Stein is giving the information directly to the readers. Stein used words such as “pragmatic idealists” to describe how the millennials act in the current system of their world (34). Pragmatic is another way of saying doing what works best. Stein later into the article discusses how millennials are great at manipulating and using leverage for themselves in other words doing what is best for them, so Stein simply used the best usage to back up his point he was