Virginia Woolf's Thoughts On Peace In An Air Raid
Relationship between language and power
“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. 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” (Orwell, par.1). Orwell is pointing out how language is losing its power over time. However, Language has a relationship with power. Freedom of Speech is powerful in many ways; it helps people communicate with others as well to prove a point. Without freedom of speech the people would not be able to have power to speak their mind.
For example, In the following article and cartoon, it will explain how language is related to power using the example of freedom of speech. In “If black English isn’t a language, then tell me, what is.” By James Baldwin, Baldwin mentions “Subsequently, the slave was given, under the eye, and the gun, of his master… the slave began the formation of the black church, and it is within this unprecedented tabernacle that black English began to be formed” (Baldwin, par.7, 1979). The …show more content…
By making arms, or clothes or food. But there is another way of fighting for freedom without arms; we can fight with the mind. We can make ideas that will help the young Englishman who is fighting up in the sky to defeat the enemy” (Woolf, par.2, 2014). Basically, Woolf is saying that women are not allowed to fight and they shouldn’t just do what a woman is supposed to do. By doing the usual routine for a woman is not helping neither themselves or the men fighting in war. Just because women are not allowed to fight, there’s other ways to fight without fighting. Having the power to speak their mind will help the Englishman defeat the
“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. 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” (Orwell, par.1). Orwell is pointing out how language is losing its power over time. However, Language has a relationship with power. Freedom of Speech is powerful in many ways; it helps people communicate with others as well to prove a point. Without freedom of speech the people would not be able to have power to speak their mind.
For example, In the following article and cartoon, it will explain how language is related to power using the example of freedom of speech. In “If black English isn’t a language, then tell me, what is.” By James Baldwin, Baldwin mentions “Subsequently, the slave was given, under the eye, and the gun, of his master… the slave began the formation of the black church, and it is within this unprecedented tabernacle that black English began to be formed” (Baldwin, par.7, 1979). The …show more content…
By making arms, or clothes or food. But there is another way of fighting for freedom without arms; we can fight with the mind. We can make ideas that will help the young Englishman who is fighting up in the sky to defeat the enemy” (Woolf, par.2, 2014). Basically, Woolf is saying that women are not allowed to fight and they shouldn’t just do what a woman is supposed to do. By doing the usual routine for a woman is not helping neither themselves or the men fighting in war. Just because women are not allowed to fight, there’s other ways to fight without fighting. Having the power to speak their mind will help the Englishman defeat the