Politics and the English Language

In his paper “Politics and the English Language ", George Orwell comments on the current condition of advanced English, both its causes and its conceivable outcomes. Orwell states that English exposition, especially political compositions, are portrayed by ambiguity and ineptitude. He believes that these things stem from a developing dependence on illustrations which have lost all importance, and which are utilized in light of the fact that they spare the creator the inconvenience of making…

Tyler Martyn AP Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Mrs. Hoelzer Part 2: Post-Reading Questions “Politics and the English Language” – George Orwell 1. In writing his essay “Politics and the English Language”, George Orwell simply comes out and states his thesis. He declares, “Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble” (Orwell 707). This statement is the…

To answer this, we must first understand the relationship between politics and speech. In his essay, “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell presents an argument that the English language is “in a bad way”, and that the “slovenliness” of our speech has an effect on our political writing (Orwell 116, 117). Modern prose, in his view, uses dying metaphors, verbal false limbs…

An Overview of a work of Art “Politics and the English Language” In 1946 a great article was written by the famous writer George Orwell who was known for writing the book 1984. In order to inspire and promote persuasion in his essay, Orwell uses diction that grabs the reader's attention. Firstly he creates a series of numbered paragraphs in which he calls “below average mental vices” were he tries to show lack of precision and and “stateless” imagery. How he tries to fix things After Orwell…

George Orwell, the infamous writer of many novels and nonfiction essays, gives his opinion on good writing in his essay “Politics and the English Language.” He states that good writing “ needs rules that one can rely on when instinct fails” (214). This “instinct” is the writer’s instinct to know how to write, and good writing “cuts out all stale or mixed images, all prefabricated phrases…

usage of language and drag words that originally had an innocent meaning through the mud. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought”, he writes. Slurs did not come into being as derogatory. They were found and utilized by those who wished to further racial propaganda and retain white, cisgender, heterosexual, male power. Slur words target those who, by society’s standards, are weaker. They attempt to beat them down, and keep them quiet. We must realize that language is…

First Reading: “Don’t You Think It’s Time to Start Thinking?” By Northrop Frye Frye (year?) is talking about critical thinking as a means in which to discern the difference between reading and writing for basic knowledge, and the more effective use of articulated methods of reading and writing as way of expressing more complex thought processes: “Most students need to be taught, very carefully and patiently, that there is no such thing as an inarticulate idea waiting to have the right words…

strives to get the audience to understand that they need to say what they mean get to the point in their writing. He makes his position clear when arguing “that the decline of a language must ultimately have a political and economic causes” (Orwell 1). f 2. He hopes his message resonates with people who write and read about politics, because he urges them to form their own opinions and pay more attention to what they write. 3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone throughout his essay. This…

In “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell laments that the English language has deteriorated over time. He is particularly frustrated with the misleading and abusive language used by the politicians, especially in the context of the wars and economic issues that were prevalent in the 1940s. In “The World of Doublespeak,” William Lutz elaborates on the same idea, but terms it “doublespeak.” He describes four different types of “doublespeak” and how they are being used to misinform…

Tennyson Nelson Professor Bhuiyan RWS 100 Section 73 23 October 2014 Corruption the Language of Politicians Though written more than a half-century apart, “Politicians and the English Language” by George Orwell and “Why do politicians lie? Because they have to” by Melanie Phillips are essays that share similar viewpoints. Orwell claims politicians use the tools of corrupt language to get what they want and to manipulate the populace. Phillips concludes the same in her work. Text examples and…