Essay On The Millennial Generation

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The evolution America’s culture over the course of a hundred and twenty years has affected the younger generations in different ways. The Millennial generation is the individuals born after 1980 and the most fussed about of all generations. They possess different belief system and are definitely criticized for it. The younger generations have become independent thinkers. They are self-confident and satisfied with their own strengths and abilities. These independent thinker have stopped relying on traditional beliefs. Behaviors of religious tradition, for example, are lifestyle concepts learnt from participation. Young people have stopped participating in such traditions. Traditional beliefs, however, is still evident and its influence has …show more content…

These believe gaps manifest themselves in different ways. The younger generation is accused of displaying narcissism. Narcissism is the extreme selfishness an extreme concern for ones-self. The youngest generation is definitely bolder, which can be attributed to parental endowed self-esteem. Self-esteem is a healthy aspect of life, which might have influenced the development of narcissism. As doctor Samuel Lopez De Victoria PH.D aptly points out, the core of extreme narcissism is a self-obsessed, been biased and ambition of achieving power at all …show more content…

American pop icons like Miley Cyrus has regenerated her whole image of the innocent Disney club kid, to an opinionated take charge woman, which seem to rebel against her childhood persona. According to Lauren Franklin in his article “What does Miley mean for Millennials,” her performances symbolize nudity, hyper- sexualization and she is allowing herself to be prostituted by her industry, because sex sells. Franklin sarcastically states that Millennials and Miley are very similar, because they are always transforming their identity through the landscape of their educational and social environment. Miley’s ideology offers some eye open trends that Millennials and people of all generations need to be aware of. Individuals like Miley do what they do, in the name of capitalism and achieved their bourgeoisie status with all its perks and prestige. To be bourgeoisie is indeed vanity of

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