Orwell Response

This reading made me blush. How do we write? Orwell's frustration with writing, and language si aparent. The vagueness of which we write is appaling. "There is nothing new under the sun," applies to writing as well. I was shocked realizing what lazy attributes lay exposed in my writings. The thought occured to me as I was reading that many of the phrases we use everyday, in spoken and written language, have already been plucked from the tree of knowledge. How do we as writers, convey a point using words and phrases that are vague by nature? It is nearly impossible to write a meaningful paper while using these phrases. A point is exactly as it sounds, a point as if on the tip of a needle, sharp. Using vague and often murky language trying to develop a point, is like using a ball to sew. The only time that language should be used is to confuse or bore the reader into reliquishment of their own thoughts.

The reading is important to all writers of an argument. Development of the language we use in the paper helps us to project our idea clearly. A murky argument is easily dismissed, due to the lack of thought. A writer must develop his thought and his language. If his thought is not complete his point will suffer. As will his point suffer with the use of poor language.