New Narcissm Essay

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Analysis of New Narcissism. Based on the text; Me, Me, Me by Sarfraz Manzoor The hunting for confirmation and acknowledgement has become a disease –New Narcissism. If you love the image the mirror reflects back to you then you will risk to be labeled as “narcissistic”. New narcissism is what this story is all about. New narcissism means that you love yourself. You want to be perfect and have confirmation and acknowledgement from the people around you. If you have a bump on your nose then a nose-job is the way to go. The narcissistic people have a desire to be seen by as many people as possible. They need attention. Great examples of this type of people are the person who attends in the TV-show X-factor. We are dealing with a text which is very provoking. The author has chosen a langue that makes you think. The language is very fluently and there are many quotations. The quotations give a sincere picture of what the author is writing about. With the quotations you can take your own stand towards what the people are saying. An example of this is from Chris Croker; “Her song is called ´Gimme More´ for a reason! Because all your bastards want is more! Leave Britney alone!” With this quotations you can either feel sorry for the poor lad who makes a big scene about Britney and her privacy and on top of all he uploads it on Youtube.com. Or you can laugh and think for yourself that this fellow needs to get his own life and not be so dramatic when it comes to a celebrity or you can think something third. The writher has statements which are very ironic but his message is quite clear; he wants to provoke us, the readers of the text. He wants us to take our own point of view about the phenomenon, New Narcissism. “I can live my life any way I want to and if I ruled the world, it would be a better place” The phenomenon is growing and young people are

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