Proving Them Wrong

Proving Them Wrong “.. . Are Millennials ‘Generation We’ or ‘Generation Me’” (Twenge). The general public is debating whenever Millennials, today’s age group, are caring well civic-minded people or entitled narcissists. The relationship between Millennials and narcissism is something that cannot be simply ignored, which is why various authors, for example Jean M. Twenge and Robin Marantz Henig, have published articles to back up their own personal views. Jean M. Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, has written over 90 scientific publications and a book called Generation Me. In her article called Millennials: The Greatest Generation or the Most Narcissistic, she states how she has conducted different experiments that contradict what other authors have stated. By doing this she slowly built up and shaped her credibility; she is showing how she is far more superior for she is giving us facts she has uncovered herself. She makes her position clear and argues that other authors are wrong by coming up with a rebuttal for every claim that opposes her opinion, that Millennials are narcissistic. She creates a strong opinion with facts that supports it; however, she gives no statistics or percentages on the survey she conducted. She writes that out of ten million responses, some were ‘most likely’ or ‘least likely’ .Since she is comparing this generation the older generations, she should at least give us some statistics and comparisons. Without any numbers to prove her facts so we can compare with other authors, how can we be so sure most Millennials are narcissistic? Unlike Ms. Twenge however, Ms. Henig is more experienced in Millennials since she has raised two daughters. Robin Marantz Henig, a science journalist that contributes articles for the New York Times, has won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Furthermore, she has a master’s degree in journalism and is the vice president of the