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  • Essay / Orwell Style Analysis - 1403

    “Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is prepared to take the necessary trouble . » This phrase, concocted by the American author George Orwell, highlights the idea that language has become less and less honest across the world. Among other languages, English is extremely complex. Filled with metaphors, multiple words with the same meaning, and strong diction, it's easy to get carried away with brilliant generalizations. Language has the ability to relay ideas effectively; Over the decades, however, powerful figures have used it to demean citizens and get them to do whatever the ruler wanted. According to Orwell, language has the capacity not only to express but also to conceal ideas. Politicians manipulate language to hide the truth on a daily basis, and professors, teachers and journalists must stop encouraging their speeches and words to the people. Professors and teachers tend to show students examples of politicians' speeches and welcome their ideas, even if these are often one-sided and make little sense. Journalists report these politicians' ideas and even use language to corrupt their own readers into thinking a certain way. To develop and convey the connection between language and thought to his audience, Orwell uses antimetabole, hyperbole, and simile. Orwell uses figurative language in the form of a simile to open his argument, thus hooking his audience on his main idea. He declares: “Our civilization is decadent and our language – this is the argument put forward – must inevitably participate in the general collapse. It follows that any fight against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles...... middle of paper ...... rats attack republicans with unfair terms and remarks . Journalists also do this on their own; rather than speaking for themselves, they report the speeches of a politician or other public figure and distort them in such a way that the public either hates or falls in love with the arguments made by the public figure, and not by the journalist. Citizens are treated as if they have no brains; those in power expect us to believe everything that comes out of their mouths. How is this fair? This is no different from Britain treating the colonists unfairly and expecting them to implement every law they pass simply because they are technically represented in Parliament through 'another British politician. Americans are neither sheep nor stupid. Citizens must therefore, from the local level, prevent those in power from treating them in this way...