Orwell's Politics And The English Language
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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 ....
Middle of paper
.... phrases such as ‘pacification', 'transfer of
population', or 'elimination of unreliable elements' as "designed to make
lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of
solidarity to pure wind". Orwell's point is clear and his evidence is well
organized. He speaks with an earned authority on the subject and a clear
and concise manner. Orwell's essay is a valuable essay for the fledgling
writer, the political critic and all readers because, as Orwell says "in
our age t ....
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