Category Archives: Personal Entry #9

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 In this photograph, you see Ukrainian forces combating against pro Russian separatists. This battle is a direct result of Russia taking of Crimea and Ukraine’s response to it. The photo itself shows armed forces preventing rebels from advancing but … Continue reading →

Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery makes several comment about the modern society. One of the major theme in this story is tradition and how people just blindly follow them. A major idea that The lottery reveals is that human beings are … Continue reading →

Some political speech or business speech today are having the problems that Orwell identified and described in 1946. In the article, Orwell points out 4 major issues that we have today: dying metaphors, operators/verbal false limbs, pretentious diction and meaningless … Continue reading →

Orwell believes that we are letting the English language fail, we are getting further and further away from the point of language which is to grow and evolve. We are forgetting that language doesn’t have to be perfect or complicated … Continue reading →

“Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell has been an interesting piece to examine over the past couple classes. We discovered that all writing is metaphors and the use of dying metaphors is unnecessary. Throughout the piece, we learn … Continue reading →

William Thackeray builds context in Going to See a Man Hanged through providing an understanding and prequel to who X- was and the man being executed. As a writer, it is essential to let the reader know as much as … Continue reading →

My initial reaction to “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell was a self-reflection of the way I tend to right when given an essay assignment.  Orwell mentions that people are writing what I would call “filler.”  I’m looking … Continue reading →