Politics Response

William Dunson
Christy Vance
English 102
October 28, 2009
George Orwell
Orwell talks about how the English language has transformed into some language that has lost all its meaning and substance. He shows how all the metaphors people use are just fillers for people who can’t get their point across and are trying to distract you. Politicians are the most at fault of this. They use these fillers to spread a message that has no real meaning so it really can’t offend anybody. I believe Orwell is trying to convey is that we need stop writing words that try to look smarter but instead just use the language that explains what you mean and doesn’t confuse people. That all the fluff in the paper isn’t help you get your point across, but instead makes it harder to understand.
I believe this essay is trying to show us that when we write our papers we don’t need to fill it with fluff and fancy words that make us look smarter. We need to just use vocabulary that gets our point across to the reader and that in its self will make your paper better. You don’t need to use a fancy synonym when an everyday English word will do just fine. I can relate to that because sometimes I do catch myself trying to find a better word to describe something when all along an average world will do just fine. You don’t need to use a metaphor for everything you’re trying to say. Using metaphors too much will make your paper vague and confuse the reader when they are trying to figure out what your paper is all about. So in general he is trying to make people realize you don’t need all the fluff and fancy language to sound like a genius, but a well written and simple to understand paper will do just the trick.