Politics and the English Language=politics and English (English Version)

Politics and the English Language=politics and English (English Version)

by (uk) George Orwell

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"Politics and the English Language" is a classic essay by the famous British writer George Orwell. This essay is widely regarded as Orwell's most important essay on style. For Orwell, style was never a simple aesthetic issue; it was always inseparable from politics and truth. "All problems are political problems, and politics itself is a collection of lies, avoidance, stupidity, hatred and schizophrenia." "When the overall atmosphere is not good, language is bound to suffer." Language is a political problem, and the sloppy use of language and clichés make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant political facts. He believed that poor English was a vehicle for oppressive ideologies.

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