Politics and the English Language
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All Themes The Danger of Intellectual Laziness Style as a Political Issue Honesty, Truth, and Concision
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All Characters George Orwell Writers and Readers Professor Harold Laski Professor Lancelot Hogben English Professor Stuart Chase
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Politics and the English Language

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George Orwell
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Drinking and Shame

Orwell uses drinking and shame to represent the mutually productive relationship between language and laziness. Orwell argues that laziness encourages a wordy style writing which, in turn, makes people stupid. In doing so, Orwell is…

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