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Larry Gordon and Louis Sahagun wrote “Gen Y’s Ego Trip Takes a Bad Turn” to say that what Alex Williams wrote about is completely wrong. The claim in this paper is that the new generation is completely in love with themselves and hungry for nothing but success. We don’t want to help people, we just want to do things for our own benefit. The claim is backed up by a large scale study that shows a steady increase in narcissism since 1982. The claim is also backed up by quotes from high ranking pundits in the college scene, such as professors, researchers, and authors, whose opinions you must hold in high regard in order to understand the claim.
The opposing viewpoints are laid out very strategically in this essay. The authors acknowledged the fact that there was an opposing viewpoint, and pretended to display someone with that viewpoint when they quoted Marc Flacks as saying that narcissism is too harsh of a word, and that this me first attitude was necessary. Flacks wasn’t disagreeing with their claim. He was just saying that it was necessary.