In Orwell’s writing, he kept an invective tone throughout all his arguments. It is quite clear that this issue of the English language has been tormenting him before this article and it shows in his writing. It is clearly shown when arguing about some of the poor habits that are rampant in current English writing. He writes that “modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug (Orwell 209).” Orwell uses powerful but invective language to argue that current writing habits are ineffective in affecting the audience in any meaningful way.
Chris ENG 101 13 September 2009 Assignment 2: Final Draft Orwell and Lederer Arguments George Orwell in “Politics and the English Language” and Richard Lederer in “The Case for Short Words” share a similar concern with bad habits forming in the English Language and its impact on a writer’s perspective in writing a good paper. Orwell’s central point in his essay is that the English Language is becoming untidy. Supporting his case, Orwell argues that bad habits are forming do to our foolish thoughts, caused by the slovenliness of our language. Of equal importance is Orwell’s insistence that all these bad habits are reversible. As Orwell states, “The habits can be avoided if one is willing to go through the trouble.
Adam Yang Professor Anderson English103A-01 January 22, 2012 Tentative Thesis In a society where the English language is the key to success, and to higher education, there are those who still struggle in the language and as of it, they will need extra support. How can we look at the language today and say that because of it we are different and are not the same as we were so many years ago? We are human and have the ability to adapt and assimilate into new ideas and area we have never seen before and therefore that is where our greatest knowledge of language lies. In Rodriguez autobiography the Hunger of Memory he believes that people must change and assimilate in order to be successful and to leave the language and culture they once grew up in, to have a better chance in education. In my own experience with seeing those who
The Humanizing Effects Of Fiction By: Massimo Riccio The major downfall to the essay was the use of evidence and sentence structure. Working on correcting the following areas will help the following: - Correct any run on sentences, which in turn will help the syntax errors in the essay. - The proper use of quotes as evidence will further help readjust and correct other syntax errors caused by misplacement of quotes and evidence. All the corrections being made in the following areas will have universal effects on other criteria used for marking therefore improving many other areas in turn and improving the over all mark received for the essay. Fiction can be a great tool to broaden one’s outlook on the world.
David Williams English A1 SL UAS Dubai A1 SL IOP -Hello, my name is David Williams from UAS Dubai in English A1 Standard Level, I will be presenting my IOP on Holden Caulfield’s use of language in The Catcher in The Rye to create a bond between himself and a younger audience. -J.D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield is an antihero: he is troubled, depressed, confused and foul-mouthed… he is, a teenager. -In literature Holden is famous for the way in which he portrays himself to the reader through his language in speech. His language proves him to be insecure, angry, rebellious and skeptical of the world around him.
Viehmann English 112 Google: The Fast and Arguable Resource In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” he talks about how he had difficulties researching while reading books and long articles. He discusses on how the Internet effects our thinking, reading, writing, and how our brains react to get used to the new media. Carr attempts to provoke the reader with negative effects that result from Internet use. Carr uses some specific examples, and figures, to demonstrate his point of view on online researching. From Carr's opening paragraph, he gives a rough understanding on his skewed view, comparing Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey to his own personal emotion of becoming mentally disconnected.
Vondessa Peters-Marcano Student number100177622 Critical Thinking to Scholarly Writing NURS 1072 January 31st ,2012 Drugs, whether prescribed or illegal have been a vital part in the lives of many people. As many people would acknowledge, stimulants have been the most widely used and abused in the history of medicine. One type of drugs that has generated controversy in recent times is the so-called “smart drugs”. These drugs are known to lower fatigue and increase the concentration and alertness in individuals. An article appearing in The Economist on smart drugs seems to insinuate that it is high time that the free use of these drugs is encouraged.
Martin Turner’s leaking of local authority test data in England and Wales to the press (The Daily Telegraph, 30 June 1990) helped to start the current debate on reading and the teaching of reading. He singled out two theorists, Frank Smith and Kenneth Goodman, as particularly responsible for progressive methods and a resulting decline in standards. In some respects, Turner’s critical article (1990) may have turned attention away from something much more significant – that Smith’s and Goodman’s views were already under regular attack. Both Smith and Goodman had much to say about the teaching of reading, but Goodman was the more influential in proposing a distinctive model of the reading process. New research into the reading process Goodman’s widely quoted model of reading as a psycholinguistic guessing game (1976) has many critics.
Even though The Catcher in the Rye is usually considered only a "minor" classic of American fiction, it is a very popular novel that frequently provokes strong reactions--both positive and negative--from its readers. In fact, The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most widely read and discussed works in the American literary canon. Despite its widespread popularity and significant reputation, however, some critics argue that it is too vulgar, immoral, and immature to be considered serious literature. Moreover, a few teachers and parents have censored the novel because they feel that it will corrupt children who read it. While there are undoubtedly subversive, or corrupt elements in the novel, arguments for censoring it generally misrepresent its more nobler intentions and greatly exaggerate its subversive designs.
Mohsin Hamid, author of the ‘Reluctant Fundamentalist’ implicates the reader within his controversial novel, to consequently highlight through the modern reader’s predetermined judgments, the ramifications of simple a misunderstanding between two cultures. The reader’s own outlooks are heightened by the use of dramatic monologue, accelerating and intensifying the tension between the characters in the novel, but also between the reader and the author himself. Hamid concentrates primarily on the imperialism of the American society and the demise, embodied within his symbolic stereotypical characters: representing their part within the fallen American empire accordingly. The 2007 novel accentuates the diverse, peculiar and differentiating qualities each one of Hamid’s characters posses and how each one aids in foreshadowing the events leading up to the deterioration of the parasitic relationship between America and Pakistan, both symbolically and literally post 9/11. Historically America has been depicted as the superior nation, deeming surrounding countries as inadequate and inferior.