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George Orwell argues that writer’s need to strive to eliminate all extraneous words that get in the way of the writer’s meaning. Phrases such as “bestial atrocities, iron-heel, bloodstained tyranny, free peoples of the world, stand shoulder to shoulder” (424) are common sayings that mean nothing to Orwell; they are used to prolong the reading or speech and hide the actual point. Orwell also argues how multilingual words can also hide a writer’s meaning or point. Orwell writes, “A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow blurring out the outlines and covering up all the details” (425). Orwell says that these words disguise the writer’s point. Writers point need details and concrete words. These words can be understood by most people, and not used to show off or hide the fact that a writer may have no point at all or a politicians may be using these things to get people to agree with what they are saying by using them in a tricky way.
Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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