The exercise we did in class today really made me think about the amount of times that I have written with the use of large pompous words. After thinking about the text we were given about George Orwell’s opinion on writing again I find that I agree with him a little more after experiencing the effect of that kind of writing.
While changing the speeches given to us into the type of writing that Orwell would have thoroughly disliked, I became aware of how many famous people that we still quote today wrote and spoke, breaking virtually every one of Orwell’s rules. This exercise also surprised me because it made me realize that I often wrote in a similar way, especially when I didn’t really feel comfortable with the information or did not know what I was talking about.
When we were completing the portion of the exercise that was to change the writing to follow the rules in Orwell’s text, I found that it was a lot harder that I thought it would be. I expect that this was because I am so use to writing with bigger words and really dancing around an idea instead of getting straight to the point.
Now that I have seen both of the effects of obeying Orwell’s rules and totally disregarding them, I believe that thought disobeying Orwell’s rules sounds more sophisticated, following them is a better way of writing. However I think that it is also the harder out of the two because of the way we have been writing in the past.
No comments:
Post a Comment