George Orwell's Slovenliness Of The English Language

The English language is continually and slowly being eradicated by the way society tends to manipulate the way they word their statements. People continue to switch their words around to make sure that it seems favorable while the meaning behind it is deceiving. George Orwell is an important writer who believes that our writing is problematic because of our thoughts, which is caused by the slovenliness of the language itself. This is both true and false because sometimes you have to get to the point of your work without including fluff, while other times, larger words are necessary and make the person seem a lot more sophisticated. The majority of society says whatever comes to their mind, whether it be filtered and sugar coated or not at all. Orwell seems to think that it …show more content…
For example, sometimes the messiness of the language doesn’t affect our thoughts and actual choice of words. This can be supported by the article, “Is it true that the language I speak shapes my thoughts?” by Betty Brimer. Brimer states that people can have thoughts without requiring any language, such as the thought of colors, sounds, or other imaginative things. Not everything is white and black; there are many different shades in between and not all of them have a specific word for it, just like the English language. This means that the language doesn’t necessarily affect our thoughts which then goes back to the way we speak and write. Another example is how Winston started writing in a journal even though it was thought crime (Source A). Winston could have gone along with the government and Big Brother and eradicated his language too, but he decided to keep it alive by writing and keeping records in his journal. This illustrates that his thoughts were not overcome by the diminishing language and that he could think for himself. Not everyone has a thought process that is similar to how the language of society is set