to be honest, i think i lost a couple of brain cells reading george orwell's article
politics and the enlightenment language... but i think i got an idea of what his message was. i agree with his idea that modern writing includes a lot of unnecessary metaphors, big words, and long sentences, but i probably agree to this because i am a writer who lacks fancy vocabulary and things of that sort. you can probably tell, but i'm way more comfortable with casual writing rather than "formal" writing. up until this year, i always thought that more words (and fancier ones too) are better. i always thought that longer sentences were better. this school year was the year teachers started telling us to stop "trying to sound smart" by creating long sentences and using big words, and that kinda blew my mind.
i also agree with orwell's idea that writers lose their thought when they try to use certain phraseology. i always struggle with turning my ideas into words, especially with my limited vocabulary. so the questions that orwell says to use for every sentence is helpful, "what am i trying to say? what words will express it? what image or idiom will make it clearer? is this image fresh enough to have an effect?".
in conclusion, i agree with george because he says bigger vocabulary doesn't make writing better.
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