Monster Essays - Orwell's Politics and the English Language
Orwell's Politics and the English Language
Lou Pauly was a guest lecturer in my global politics class recently.
Pauly pointed to the decay of our language as a cause of the degeneration
of our understanding of each other and our own political systems. One
example he gave was the overuse and misuse of the term 'globalization' to
the point where the meaning has been lost and this term has become a catch
phrase that is used without thought. In George Orwell's essay Politics and
the English Language, it is this exact issue that he addresses. George
Orwell chastises today's modern writer's of criticism, fiction, opinion and
politic....
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