The Beat Up Generation Analysis

In “The Beat Up Generation” (2014), written by Abby Ellin, she defines the Millenials as a generation that is spoiled, self-entitled and technology controlled. Despite the negative representation of Millenials, Ellin praises them for being hardworking, technology innovating and outspoken. Ellin offends Generation Y being viewed as lazy and having no motivation to work in order to further claim her purpose and because this was written for Psychology Today and published, her intended audience was for the general public who were most likely to be curious or knowledgeable about the Millenials. I wasn’t very shocked or angry of what Ellin wrote about Millenials since it was all true. Sure, we do come across as lazy, technology obsessed or as we have been named as “heads down generation” meaning we always have our head down looking into our phones but that is because of our generation like many generations before us, is flawed. But every cloud has a silver lining. So why are always on our phones? The technology that is developed today started how? Who else created innovative apps on our phones but the millennials on their phones and tablets. We are the generation that fully embraces technology and a generation that challenges the generations before …show more content…
Ellin disagrees by giving an example of how Millenials works. One example was the “constant need for feedback.” (Ellin) But Porath, an associate manager at Georgetown University’s Mcdonough School of Business, interprets that it meant that they were “Eager to please; wanting to know they’re doing a good job; looking for mentorship.” (Ellin) Overall, Abby Ellin makes a good argument why Millenials are bad she also gave some valuable information that they were, in fact, hardworking, open to constructive criticism and willing to invest in their personal time to