Generation me... Something about it just sounds like a sales gimick to get small children to buy a t-shirt. Or even a childrens book title even. What it doesnt sound like is an official term for our generation. At least...not a endowing term for our generation. It makes us sound like a bunch of attention grubbing children. Which I dont look at our generation as being. I do agree with Twenge on how our generation does have a higher self esteem and a higher degree of narcisissm. But to define our entire generation under that premise is misguided and wrong. Not everyone in our generation is that way. And to those who arent, it is a slap in the face. It is kinda hard to think that our generation is looked at the way it is. I DO see alot of the depression and alot of the let downs that lead to the higher rates of depression in our generation.
Based on what I read throughout her chapter on depression, I would like to write more on it. Being part of the "statistic" of people who have been through severe suicidal depression, I feel like I have some insight on the issue that are not covered in the book. And I feel that my perspective might give a new light onto a side of depression that is NOT covered in the book that I feel is an important reason as to why our generation is as depressed as it is. Statistic wise.
I would really like to focus my writing on comparing and contrasting my experiences with myself and our generation, with the examples of our generation and our "thinking" that Twenge gives throughout the book. Not just through depression, but also in the realm of what makes us different from other generations. I agree with some of her findings, but I also feel that some of her findings could have been influenced different ways numericallys. I may end up changing my mind on my essay topic, but That is what I want to write about at the moment.
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