Language changes with history and time, as does our perception of words and their description. Through times these tend to lose or gain new meaning especially time has made many languages unknown. This passing of time can cause a loss of effectiveness and usage in our language, and this is a pure example of what message Orwell was trying to get across. In his essay he states, “now it is clear that the decline of language must ultimately have economic and political causes.”(626). This supports the earlier statements of language.
Orwell continues mentioning that people’s language has become stale and meaningless, which coincides with the fact of accents or dialects. He sees it, as accents will affect language and how it is communicated. These problems can easily be seen in writing a letter and ones interpretation
Language has to expand to take new concepts we develop. So if everyone followed George Orwell's rules (636) how could language increase. Our perception of language has been altered to a much more powerful way of life. Now Amy Tan understands this concept because she to feels the power of language and what it can do to a person’s life. (Tan 77)
The way people view modern language and the language of old is quite surprising. Orwell makes a point to show how he is disgusted with people’s modern day Language. (Orwell 626) He critizes most forms of modern day language, however his primary message has become not only a lazy way out to speak but a means in which one can disguise a meaning. A meaning can be disguised our English in the sense of how English is the “Universal” language.
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