Reading these was an interesting reflection on how others write and how they get their thoughts down onto paper. Personally for me I did not connect with Drew Hansen as much. I didn’t 100 percent connect with Joan Didion, but I did understand where she was coming from and the reasons for why she wrote. For me I connected with George Orwell’s reason of why he writes the most from the way he describes his beginnings to his motives for writing. I like the way that he described his life very briefly throughout the piece, not only his personal life but the world around him and how that had an effect on what he wrote, and I think that is important. For me, showing where you came from is very important. His story of his patriotic poem during the great war that was printed in his newspaper I think is a very important think to include. Subsequently, …show more content…
He goes on with his discovery of word choice and they to his ideals for writing motives. These being Sheer egoism, Aesthetic enthusiasm, Historical impulse, and Political purpose. What's interesting is that when this was published/written in 1946, these all kind of add together to the time of Orwell’s life.The historical and political for conflicts and confrontations going on in the world, and the egoism and aesthetic just being in the society of that time.
Now for why I write. I rarely write for fun, which probably should change for the better, but that is not unlike many. Like many I write, when I have to write for school or any other academic activity. Writing interest for these assignments only go as deep as the material for the or the assignment itself actually goes. If the topic is interesting I will be much more excited to write about
Diction: While George Orwell used fairly simple and uncomplicated diction to tell the story many of his words still have a very powerful diction. In the first chapter the protagonist Winston is attack by the smell of “boiled cabbage and old rag mats”. This is the first indication to the nature of the living conditions of our protagonist. However, Orwell also uses his diction to create the atmosphere of Oceania with lines like “the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in anything”. These lines contain powerful words like cold, torn, and harsh and these worlds help paint the picture of what kind of story we are reading.
“I write because I love. I write for the survival of self, my children, my family, my community and for the Earth. I write to help keep our stories, our truths, our language alive”. (qtd. in Anthology 396.)
Every person wants to become successful, or grow older, and admittedly, with those wants, your writings grow. In this composition, Orwell states that there are four great motives for writing, which are: sheer egoism, the desire to remembered; aesthetic enthusiasm, to gain pleasure; historical impulse, to find the hidden truth; and finally, political purpose, to persuade people's thoughts. These motives are proof of Orwell's wants in life, he indulges in swaying people's minds and getting them to think in a predetermined
1) The device Orwell uses to introduce his thesis are chiasmi. The first chiasmus is “A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks” and the second chiasmus is “It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” Both sentences are examples of chiasmus since they reverse key terms in their clauses, the key terms being “drinking” and “failure” in the first, and the state of the language and “foolish thoughts” in the second sentence. 2)
This is an important example of the foolishness of writers that do not understand the metaphors, similes, and symbolic expressions to help the reader understand their ideas in the writing. I also agree that writers do not use words “precisely”, which can confuse the reader. Many writers are not fully aware of the meaning of the words they choose, which Orwell breaks down in the writings he is analyzing. Clarity in the writing process is conveyed with great accuracy by Orwell to make this second point.
...ong with his governmental views of a democratic socialist to write the political satire 1984. Orwell will always be reminisced as a great writer, but he was more than just another author. He was a soldier who took a bullet fighting for what he believed was right. That passion was the backbone of many of his books. Orwell’s novel, 1984 was a moving book from the eyes of an oppressed man in a controlling country. Hopefully this world will never experience anything similar again.
George Orwell wrote his novel in 1948, “inspired” by the communistic regime in the Soviet Union Russia and the future of the socialism. His novels had gained extraordinary popularity in America during the years of Cold War. The novel shows the dark realm of the communism and fitted well into American’s perception of the terrors of the Soviet Unio...
There are many aspects for my mind to conceive while reading the articles why I write by George Orwell and Joan Didion. There are many different factors in triggering an author’s imagination to come up with what they want to write, and why they want to write it. In most writings a purpose is not found before the writer writes, but often found after they decide to start writing.
The historic era of this piece was a time of war and propaganda. Orwell was born in 1903 and grew up to live in the time
George Orwell used an English language so simply and accurately to express what he mean, and at the same time with great meaning. He was telling the story about of a revolution by farm animals against their cruel and dissolute master, and about their subsequent fortunes. This was the book that Orwell most prepared for. In 1943, Orwell felt people's admiration for Russian war effort. He was very conscious, so he felt how English communists used their position as unofficial representatives of the USSR to prevent the truth from coming out. Also Orwell was an anti-communist, throughout the book he is on the side of the animals. Also one of the Orwell's goals in writing "Animal Farm" was the portray the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik) on 1917.
In George Orwell’s essay, “Why I Write”, he states that he writes because he has a
People write for many reasons. They write to educate, , and to entertain to express
Howe, Tom. "George Orwell." British Writers Volume VII. Ed. Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Scribner, 1984. 273-287.
He aimed to create a “what if” novel, about what would happen if totalitarian regimes, such as the Nazis and Soviets, were to take over the world. If totalitarianism were to happen, the leader would be the brain of the whole system. Orwell emphasizes the theme of individualism versus collective identity through Winston, the protagonist, and his defiance to the Party and Big Brother, with a frightening tone, surreal imagery and a third person limited point of view.
Based on the two essays, George Orwell is a vivid writer who uses a unique point of view and strong themes of pride and role playing to convey his messages. His writings are easy to pick out because of the strengths of these messages. Just like politicians in government, people with power turn corrupt to stay in power and keep their reputations. Anyone who takes on power must be prepared to live with the consequences of his actions. Orwell knows this challenge well and conveys this principle in his writing. After all, his narration is based on real life experiences and not fictional fantasies.