The Decline of Language...

According to George Orwell the English language is on the decline. Orwell claims that our "foolish" thoughts are making the English language "sloven and innaccurate". However, Orwell also points out in his intro that the process is reversible if steps are taken to prevent the spreading of damage. He presents 5 examples of poor English and then points out what is wrong with them in the rest of his essay. He focuses on the their flaws. He points out that by using pointless words we construct meaningless statements which have no clear objective and which only serve to confuse the hell out of everyone. He targets metaphors, cliches and ambiguity in writing and decimates them as rubbish which tarnishes English language for future generations. Connotation and Denotation are heavily referenced in regards to political works. Orwell makes it clear that mainly the delivery of catchphrases to snare the public's attention in order to further the cause. Without using originality we become weaker and so we need to find new, proper methods to bring this to the forefront of English writing. Slowly but surely attention to the work we produce will lead to wide spread changes to the English language and writing. Simply creating a message and putting it out helps make things simple for everyone. Overall I agreed with Orwell message bout found that his guidelines were rather restricting for a writer such as myself . When I write I try to use cliches to an extent in order to give off the sense of being witty but never to further my arguements. However, as a reader I feel that his words could not be truer since convoluted writing is a hassle to try and disect.