Summary Of Generation Me

Jean Twenge’s book, Generation Me, focuses on the 21st century generation where the effects of Baby Boomers and Generation Me have changed our society. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego University, has done numerous scholarly journals to explain the positive and negative characteristics of the Millennials in order for the society to understand the generation. In addition, she suggested simple solutions to explain how her readers can help the 21st century generation who believes in individual and narcissism. In summary, Twenge explains how our generation became this individual culture based on her comparisons between different generations, her evidence of how our generation suffer the negative effects of others, and her own criticism
She used a lot of evidence where she talked about different people, stating people’s stories as examples and detailing her studies when discussing her topics. In addition, Twenge explains her experiences and her own interpretation on how the world should function. In the last chapter, Twenge discusses what to do with the Generation Me. One point she suggested is for young people to limit exposure to television shows that promote wealth and sexual pleasures; she even encourage them to value social relationships in order to not feel alone in this world (Twenge 311-312). Her relationship with young people has inspired her to engage with young people, noticing the problems of society and providing the solutions towards fixing them. One review gave an example where she wants to sponsor “education programs that encourages empathy and real accomplishment” (Publish Weekly 194). This retails her involvement in the study of young people in order to help them get back on track where they can spend their lives living their dreams while having a social connection with others. This would bring a new hope for young people to enrich their lives in a moral standard that changes society, not a selfish or individual