Rhetorical Analysis Of George Orwell Politics And The English Language

George Orwell, in his essay “Politics and the English Language,” describes how modern English writers have acquired many bad habits over time that has resulted in sloppy writing. He goes on to list the four main reasons the quality of writing has declined throughout the years. Orwell gives examples of the mistakes modern writers have been making in order to educate politicians and all types of writers on how it can be fixed.
Orwell supports his claims with many appeals to logos and pathos to help the audience understand the literary mistakes he’s talking about. He first uses this logical appeal when he gives five examples of literary faux pas because they “illustrate various of the mental vices from which we now suffer.” Orwell includes these