George Orwell Blog # 3

George Orwell writes about how the English written language has become “ugly and inaccurate” in his essay, Politics and the English Language. He believed that writers in his day tried to make their work sound intelligent and bright by using big words and difficult vocabulary. However, the only problem with this is that it makes the piece of literature hard to read and understand. Orwell believes that you should substitute brainy and confusing language for one that was much simpler and to the point. I agree with Orwell in the sense that authors should make what they write direct and to the point; although, if he were to publish an article on the written language today, I do not think he would have the same perspective. Since this article was published, our language has evolved into something that is certainly simpler. I believe that people today have become lazy and only write in a very simple fashion. Articles that sound brainy and confusing are now harder to find. These days people are used to things such as texting and instant messaging. Everything is abbreviated, or shortened. I think that we are starting to get used to this kind of language and it is being interpreted into our writing. Something that should be simple, like knowing when to use “your” instead of “you’re”, is proving to be difficult to a lot of writers these days because they are so used to just sending the shortest response. I believe that Orwell’s wish may have come true but to a greater extent than what he was thinking of.