George Orwell Reading

I think that George Orwell's stance on modern writing has a lot of truth to it. His main point is how redundant and wordy writing is and how authors use longer words and confuse their audiences. It seems to me like Orwell is praising simple writing, which I think is great because you don't have to write a long essay with a ton of sophisticated words to make it "good". I think George Orwell would agree that a work more straight to the point and simple is much better. Orwell also discusses the way politicians talk and how they are not emphatic in their speech and don't really care what they are saying because they do not write their speeches themselves. Orwell suggests that if politicians wrote their own speeches, they would be more believable. I think what Orwell says is still true today... especially what he says about politicians. People generally do not believe what politicians have to say. It's rare to see a politician, who genuinely cares about what he talks. And although Orwell believes that the English language is in a bad way, bad writing is reversible by being original and simple. His guidelines are easy to follow, and he gives good advice. Orwell writes that you can save yourself from making mistakes by simplifying your English. It is important not to get too complex with what you say so that your audience can understand what you're talking about and that way you have less chances of using words improperly and looking stupid. Orwell's analysis still very much applies to writing today, and writers should pay attention to what he says.