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George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language": An Analysis - Essay

George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language": An Analysis

Ashly Nye
Kim Younger
Comp I; Section 13434
22 August 2012

George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language": An Analysis

After reading Orwell's essay several times, I found that he is very opinionated in this writing. Although he, very boldly, expresses his feelings in this essay, he makes some good points. From the beginning of the first paragraph, Orwell calls out present day writers, or anyone else who bothers to notice the decline of our language, for their assumption that the English language cannot be repaired. George Orwell goes on to mention that the English language has lost its concreteness, therefore, becoming sloppy. I, in fact, must agree with his observations of ...

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original failure. Authors today fail in their writing because it has become common to use longer, "fluffier" words that do not have the same meaning, with the intentions of seeming fancier, rather than using simple, concrete words that get the point across, with less confusion for the writer. After reading this essay, it is obvious to me that Orwell is concerned for the English language, and feels that if every writer, not just the professionals, would get rid of the bad habits they have acquired, it would be a major step in a political ...

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Added: 8/31/2012 11:26:30 PM
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Category: English
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