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Politics and the English Language

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Politics and the English language

Question 1: Purpose of the essay

Gorge Orwell tries to criticize the 'ugly English' in modern times and persuade readers to ensure simple political writing language. This follows after the regeneration of the English language leading to misuse.

Question 2: Imagery

In writing, images form an integral part. The modern English language does not utilize imagery, which should be portrayed by using idioms, similes, and metaphors (Orwell, 1946). Orwell makes good use of images by referencing a bible passage that is has an imagery feature.

Question 3: Ecclesiastes translation

Orwell translates the Ecclesiastes, while utilizing its language vagueness to show effects of wrong translation (Orwell, 1946). He uses the passage to reference the riches and bread and criticize that modern communication is too easy to reach to phrases than being more original and direct.

Question 4: Prose style

The author is interested in prose style due to various reasons. For instance, he argues that the style consists of fewer words, eliminates fake simplicity, and avoid making language colloquial. The style also ensures words originality.

Question 5: Criticism

Orwell suggests various criticisms that modern authors develop when writing English. Firstly, they make use of dying metaphors leading to ineffective communication. Pretentious diction leads to biased information. Writers also make verbal false limbs, where they use wrong while using meaningless words.

Question 6: importance to Orwell

Although the work may lose the voice in the future due to the generation gap (Orwell, 1946). He uses this correction to minimize writing on politics and focuses on other subjects as communism and socialism. This may be an advantage to him in the future.

Question 7: Democracy

During Orwell's time, the use of the word democracy is problematic. Its meaning cannot be reconciled with another word, and can be used to make a country appraisal. Nowadays, the word is still problematic. Politicians use it incorrectly to trick voters.

Question 8: criticisms and points overlap

From the critique by Orwell on the modern English language, some of the points overlap with what we have covered in class. For instance, he suggests the importance of making choices and good grammar. This overlaps with the topic covered in class on how to make choices when writing any material (Orwell, 1946). This is by learning about a range of vocabularies that Orwell also tries to discuss. Also, we learned the importance of style in writing besides good grammar, and the author address the same topic throughout his work.

Reference

Orwell, G. (1946). Politics and the English language.