Politics and The English Language in George Orwell´s Animal Farm

George Orwell once said, “freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”, that, essentially, “speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act”. (“George Orwell”) Orwell’s words reveal his political views in the absolute truest form. His uninhibited writing style forced readers to not only to listen what he had to say, but to also recognize his writing as the truth. Although his veracity was supposed to be accepted without question, Orwell defined oppressive ideas of the government by exposing elements such as class division, and the failed attempts of the middle class to establish a meaningful union with the working class. Through his symbolic storytelling in

George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, first published in 1946, talks about some “bad habits”, which have driven the English language in the wrong direction, that is, away from communicating ideas. In his essay he quotes five passages, each from a different author, which embody the faults he is talking about. He lists dying metaphors, operators, pretentious diction, and meaningless words as things to look out for in your own writing and the writing of others (593-595). He talks about political uses of the English language. Our language has become ugly and the ugliness impedes upon communication. Ugly uses of language have been reinforced and passed down in the population “even among people who should and do know

The Seven Commandments may be said to be the key to an understanding of Animal Farm.

In the very first line of the excerpt Rand reveals that Equality 7-2521 is aware of their right restrictions. “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see.” “The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so.” In the lines above Rand states that it is extremely wrong to think or write outside of what the government wants them to. By these lines Rand easily reveals the nature of Equality 7-2521’s society. It is completely controlled by the Council of Vocations and people are not allowed to think or say words that they do not approve of.

Morality in Anthem Society is lost and no one is individual. Since birth, it is no longer “I” but “we”, this is all Equality 7-2521 has ever known. The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand opens up with an empowering first line, one that strikes the reader immediately and sparks their curiosity to possibly read on. This first line “It is a sin to write this,” (Rand 17) is a unique opening line that sets the plot for this entire story and ends with a full circle once the reader has reached the very last page.

In Ayn Rand’s novella, Anthem, the many councils of their city strive to have complete control over the citizens. To do this, they create restrictive rules including that it is forbidden to think anything nobody else thinks, no one can refer to themselves as “I, me, or mine”, and people cannot write or read unless given permission. These rules must be followed automatically and if they’re not, punishment will occur. The magnitude and potency of rules in the city of Anthem exist to sustain full control of members of the society, most of which the main character, Equality, does not agree with.

Thesis~ Ayn Rand conveys Individuality and self worth through her use of Diction, Imagery and Syntax to convey how it is important to be unique. Ayn Rand communicates individualism through her use of Diction, to convey the importance of being yourself. In “Anthem”, after Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 leave their society to be free from the conformity, they find a home from the “Unmentionable times” and naturally start to explore. Eventually Equality 7-2521 finds a book and reads it, deciding that “[He is] done with the monster of ‘We’, the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame”(59).

George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, was his very first piece of political writing. On the surface, this novel is about a group of miserable and mistreated farm animals that overthrow their neglectful owner; they take control of the farm. However, it too is a political allegory mainly focusing on the Russian Revolution. Orwell wrote Animal Farm in response to what had occurred in the Russian Revolution. Seeing how the people were being manipulated over for their freedom, he decided to write about these events through farm animals. The author's purpose for writing this novel is to warn his audience that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutly. Orwell's intent in fusing political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole, was truly

Language is very powerful and can be used in a good, uplifting way or a negative, controlling way. Language is more powerful when used to uplift and inspire. In George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, the animals take over to try to make a better society and life for themselves where the pig rule. One of the leaders of the farm, Napoleon, drives out the other leader, Snowball because he was greedy and power corrupt. Eventually after years of running the farm the pigs turn into how the humans were. They drank, took all the food and never worked. Martin Luther King JR's ‘I have a Dream’ speech and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech are more examples of how language can uplift. In the book, Animal Farm, there are many examples about how language

George Orwell is the utmost influential figure in the debate concerning thought and power. Orwell does compose his concepts with some invaluable attributes about politics and excessive government. Although, Orwell does share some unique characteristics and thoughts that Frederick Douglass had as well, Douglass’s and Orwell's thoughts on the importance of language compare to each other quite nicely. Both authors believe that language is the ultimate way to infringe on an individual's life. By means of using their language to make themselves a considerable opponent compared to political leaders. The following are a few ideas of how Douglass and Orwell explain the more advanced thoughts of language, while at the same time be able to use simplistic language for mass audiences.

After citing the passages, Orwell mentions how modern writers use dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and meaningless words

George Orwell, the writer of many highly regarded literary works, is extremely interested in the power of language, mainly how it is abused. By analyzing two of his works, 1984 and Politics and The English Language, it is clear that Orwell is using his writing to bring awareness to the dangers of the manipulation, misuse, and decline of language. In 1984 he demonstrates how language can be used to control thought and manipulate the past. This is proven throughout the novel by examining the language of Newspeak and how it is key to controlling the totalitarian state, and how using language to alter and manipulate history can shape reality. In his essay Politics and the English Language Orwell

Orwell analyzes that the English language is full of irrational thoughts and is what causing people to have more absurd understandings. In most cases, political writings are commonly seen as poor quality scripts by the vagueness in our vocabulary. Orwell argues in order to advance from these irrational thoughts, an individual may manage to ponder more precisely. As well, the writers may avert these bad tendencies if they prompt to move through the obstacles. Throughout his essay, Orwell provides five passages that distribute into two aspects: “staleness of imagery” and “lack of precision”. Also, he contributes other factors of lousy writing. In the next few paragraphs, George Orwell amplifies these components of bad

The abuse of language (propaganda) is instrumental to the abuse of power. This is portrayed throughout the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. For example, Squealer and Napoleon are two characters that the author uses to portray the abuse of power. Squealer and Napoleon had misused their powers, but justified their action through the use of propaganda. Thus, through the use of propaganda, Squealer and Napoleon were able to manipulate the other animals way of thinking. Not only is propaganda used in books, magazines, and articles, but are also used by leaders, politicians, and companies to influence the public, attract attention, and to gain powers. Therefore, the use of propaganda is one of the main tools that is used to manipulate others and a way to justify one’s wrong behavior, such as the abuse of power.

The rebellion was to escape from people and their cruel ways, but can they escape the death-grip of their own kind? The animals of animal farms are mistreated and have no rights. Mr and Mrs. Jones were the owners of Manor Farm, the human oppressors, and authoritarians of the animals. The animals rebel against the Jones and take over the farm. They create a utopian society for themselves, but the utopia quickly turns into a dystopia when the pigs take control of the farm. In many ways, Animal Farm is a complete allegorical / fable –like retelling of the founding of the Soviet Union, complete with a rebellion and eventual installation of a dictator. Like the ideological battle that was raged in Russia between the classes, the one that is played out in this novel have many of the same themes, including an initial push to strengthen the working class, a strong beginning movement of nationalism and unity, a series of successful efforts to topple the ruling authority (Mr. Jones), all followed by a complete totalitarian takeover by a dictator who is a hypocrite and goes back on many of the promises he made at the height of the revolutionary action.