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A strong essay persuades us to consider a new vision of the
world.
Show how this statement resonates with a response to at least
two essays set for study.
Different essays have been written for different purposes.
However, the essays which provide an
influence to the readers are certainly powerful. Such essays
offer an idea of what the future world
could be if they were to follow the regulations suggested.
George Orwells various essays have
successfully discussed any issues in our current society and
hence, begins to persuade us to consider
his vision of the world. Two such essays written by Orwell,
Politics and the English Language and
The Sporting Spirit, conveys his ideas of the problems that
should be changed. The post-World
War II society has caused questions about the purpose of our
culture and created doubts about
whether or not society is being provided with the truth.
The truths in society have started to become concealed and only
small pieces of information are
being distributed. Whether it is something as simple as the
facts of trivial sport games or the hiding
of information in the news about political events, the truth has
become obscured and the actual
reality is unknown. Politics and the English Language (1946) has
addressed the masking of the
truth through the misuse of language, such as the
overcomplicating of structures or the excessive
use of hackneyed phrases. Through the use of asyndeton, ring the
changes on, take up the cudgels
for, toe the line , swan song, hotbed, Orwell has shown how
ridiculous some of the other authors
write. It is evident that these metaphors are only used because
they are of orthodox, but provide
almost no meaning at all. As a result, the authors using such
literary techniques do not provide any
truth behind their text, as it is not used appropriately. Orwell
uses effective similes and metaphors
such as tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated
hen-houseand language is a natural
growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own
purposes, as evidence to prove the
point that Orwell is arguing for. The ideas covered in Politics
and the English Language make the
audience aware of the actual truths, of which that they are not
being provided with the truth but
only a fraction of it.
Similarly in The Sporting Spirit (1946), Orwell complains about
the lack of truth that is being given
to the society regarding something as insignificant as a sports
game. Orwell distances himself from
the truth by referring to information provided by others, in the
third person, I am told by someone
who was there, and The Glasgow match, somewhere else informs me,
. By doing this, Orwell
shows how little of the facts that are actually known by the
public. At the same time, Orwell uses
many assertions, such as people saying that sport creates
goodwill, to reinforce how little the
society knows. According to Orwell, people believed that the
sports between countries would spark
connections to be regrown, however Orwell proves that it creates
more bad than good. There are
not many differences in Orwells essays regarding the lacking
truth being revealed to the rest of the
world. Politics and the English Language discusses the media
which cover up the truths while The
Sporting Spirit reveals the effects of the deceits being
transferred. Orwell wants the truth, and only
the truth to be given to society, language is aninstrument for
expressing and not for concealing or
preventing thought, and that is why Orwells essays are
strong.
The culture in the society of the time had been thought to be
declining, as there has been a shifting
focus for the needs of the people. The changing culture is
visible in the language and the interests of
society, but Orwell questions this and wants the nation to keep
pure in its original, pure culture.
Politics and the English Languageaddresses the changing uses of
the English language and how
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each instance will continue wear away at the pure language. The
comparison of a paragraph written
by Ecclesiastes, I returned, and saw under the sun time and
chance happeneth, with a modern
adaptation of it, Objective consideration of must invariably be
taken into account, it is visible how
the language has changed. The prior paragraph is much simpler to
understand as it contains diction
which is commonly used, however the latter paragraph has much
more complicated language which
many would not understand. Orwell describes the choice of words
by authors by the metaphor,
catalogue of swindles and perversions, which implies that all
that is written is only to fill space and
not actually describe in detail. Through this text, Orwell shows
how unnecessary the language being
used is. Prior to this language was used as a source of
information, something that was reliable but
now, its purpose has become to make lies sound truthful and
murder respectable, and to give an
appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Also, in The Sporting Spiritthe purpose of sporting events and
its effects on society have been
challenged. Orwell mocks the sporting events, implying that all
sport does is create animosities
between countries, And how could it be otherwise?. By doing
this, he attacks the culture of sports
and the detrimental effects it has on societies. The use of
logical fallacy, People want to see one
side on top and the other side humiliated, shows that the people
themselves are forcing the
degrading nature of sporting culture. They encourage the
aggressive nature between countries
which occurs as a result of their nationalistic views, or as
Orwell describes it, it is war minus the
shooting. Through these texts, Orwell shows that the purpose of
culture has started to become less
meaningful, only being upheld because the people are arrogant.
Politics and the English Language
talks about the deterioration of the language, whilst The
Sporting Spirit discusses the decline in
sports, but both still resonate Orwells belief that the culture
in society has become changed for the
worse.
The views of the world that Orwell provides tell the reader to
consider the points and look for a
different future. He argues against the current society,
managing to persuade the reader to
contemplate for the ideas that he provides. Orwell exposes to
the readers that they are being
hidden from the truth, making them almost demand for a change to
happen. He also reveals how
arrogant people can become when it comes to something which
should be friendly. In all, by
pointing out the flaws in society Orwell manages to create
strong essays which can persuade the
readers to contemplate a new vision of the world.
