Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation Analysis

The older generations have always hated the younger generations, at this point it has become a tradition carried on by everyone. Joel Stein makes a very inconsistent article titled: “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” that had the argument that millennials are the worst generation yet to come into the world. Stein's argument is backed by many persuasion techniques and different sources. However Stein's argument is not all it insinuates. There are many imperfections throughout the paper. The analysis of Stein's article is filled with: tons of personal bias, outdated examples, and unfinished ideas. Stein makes his purpose for writing the article abundantly clear in the first sentence. He believes he is proving something that the older generations already know, but this time he has “facts”. And because this article is directing assaulting millennials, it is only safe to conclude his targeted audience is for everyone who is not a millennial. Millennials are “entitled” and “cocky” so it would not make a lot of sense to directly call them out without expecting a certain type of backlash. This article was also published on Time Magazine, and let’s face it, millennials do not read magazines. They read scientific journals to get the real statistics. …show more content…
His article seemed like he had a bunch of different ideas and just wrote everything down and published it. They was no transition from one topic to the other. Paragraphs leading to the other had no relation at all. It looks as if a child through it together as a last minute project and turned it in and hoped for the best. Although organization might be harder to pick up than the other forms of persuasion, it is still a key factor in a good paper/article. An organized article shows the author put a lot of time and research into his work, and Stein was lacking in organization and the same can be said about his