djm's scribble

This week is the 100th anniversary of George Orwell’s birthday. I first read 1984 when I was fourteen years old and it crushed my soul. We are still far from escaping the dark potentials that he so brutally described. Earlier in the week I discovered one of his essays on the net: Politics and the English Language. I was shocked when I started reading it - his criticism could have been aimed straight at me and my insipid writing style. Fortunately, he provides practical ways to avoid these blurred modes of word and thought.