Response to "Politics and the English Language"

      I think Orwell did an interesting job of presenting the irony between the decay of the english language and how it relates to politics. Words, which are generally used to clarify a subject, are currently in politics used to obscure the true meaning. Orwell lists many examples where he presents a part of a speech or prose and uses it to reveal the lack of substance in it.
      While the examples he presents demonstrate poor writing, Orwell writes beautifully, creating a stark contrast between his own manner of writing and the decaying style of the examples.  I thought the essay was relevant and possessed a style of writing that captured the audience, but still managed to have solid information and a balanced proportion of examples to analysis.