Why I Write By George Orwell Analysis
Ezra Schwarcz
Why I Write
Like Joan Didion before me, I stole the title of my essay from George Orwell. But unlike her, I didn’t steal it because I like the sound of the words that share the same sound, but rather because there is no better way to display so clearly the purpose of this essay. “Why I Write” exemplifies Orwell’s brilliance in writing in a manner that explicitly articulates the author’s motivations and aspirations. In it, he discloses, “that of late years I have tried to write less picturesquely and more exactly” (Orwell 5). In other words, Orwell not only reveals his intent, where other authors compel the reader to make inferences, but he also chooses to write in a more documentarian manner, instead of the impressionistic, …show more content…
Miller, the author of The Justifications of the Iraq War Examined, puts it, “to stop the oppression of a defenseless group, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, to help refugees escape from or return to their native country, or to help a fledgling independence movement” (Justifications of the Iraq War Examined, …show more content…
For example, in my essay, The Business of Eating, I try to bring light to the problem that we are becoming sickened by what we are choosing to eat. In Rethinking Ethics, I use Locke’s, Nussbaum’s and Robbins’ arguments to provide my own: that we need to reexamine certain concepts so that the we can truly understand what it means to be ethical in the world today. In my Justifications of the Iraq War, I expose the faulty rationale upon which our president led the United States into a pointless war, thus causing the reader to become more critical of his or her government and more sensitive to war. In so doing, I identified political arguments that are important to me, and hopefully, to my readers as
Why I Write
Like Joan Didion before me, I stole the title of my essay from George Orwell. But unlike her, I didn’t steal it because I like the sound of the words that share the same sound, but rather because there is no better way to display so clearly the purpose of this essay. “Why I Write” exemplifies Orwell’s brilliance in writing in a manner that explicitly articulates the author’s motivations and aspirations. In it, he discloses, “that of late years I have tried to write less picturesquely and more exactly” (Orwell 5). In other words, Orwell not only reveals his intent, where other authors compel the reader to make inferences, but he also chooses to write in a more documentarian manner, instead of the impressionistic, …show more content…
Miller, the author of The Justifications of the Iraq War Examined, puts it, “to stop the oppression of a defenseless group, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, to help refugees escape from or return to their native country, or to help a fledgling independence movement” (Justifications of the Iraq War Examined, …show more content…
For example, in my essay, The Business of Eating, I try to bring light to the problem that we are becoming sickened by what we are choosing to eat. In Rethinking Ethics, I use Locke’s, Nussbaum’s and Robbins’ arguments to provide my own: that we need to reexamine certain concepts so that the we can truly understand what it means to be ethical in the world today. In my Justifications of the Iraq War, I expose the faulty rationale upon which our president led the United States into a pointless war, thus causing the reader to become more critical of his or her government and more sensitive to war. In so doing, I identified political arguments that are important to me, and hopefully, to my readers as