Euphemism In George Orwell's Writings

Language plays an important role for political debates and government decisions. Information is often misrepresented to gain the favor of the populous. This is evident in Orwell’s writing and in the “Hackvists” documentary, often during the course of Knappenberger’s documentary it is shown that euphemisms can greatly mislead and disrupt events in society. Orwell expresses similar views on the topic of euphemisms. In his writings Orwell conveys that a government's ability to abuse power for gain is completely unjust, this coincides with the hacktivist point of view on freedom of speech and oppression. The theme of censorship is commonly seen in the film, in relation to Orwell, he describes that the withholding of information can only lead to …show more content…
The misleading of information while maintaining the writer’s original goal shapes the opinion of the readrer "Humans have always resorted to euphemisms, vague and indirect expressions, in their quest to avoid and camouflage life’s harsh realities."(Halmari). In relation to Orwell the same views are held, the use of euphemisms greatly skew the true information, “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms" (Orwell). These methods of language leave one with a lack of content to form a proper opinion about a statement or event; this is seen in the conflicts over Egypt displayed in the hacktivists documentary. The hacktivist group stands for freedom of speech, to protest, and clear language from their government. This group takes action in various ways ranging from physical protest to DDoS attacks. This coincides with Orwell’s vision, because first world society euphemism is used to provide a cloudiness and vagueness to harsh more serious events in history (Orwell). Through both Orwell and the film the desire for said clear language is evidently shown. Concluding the current state of our politics revolve around a government’s ability to use euphemisms in order to continue current actions while representing them as a viable reasoning’s to the public …show more content…
These strong connections stem from the euphemisms commonly found in Knappenbergs modern day hacktivism, and the anonymous opinion on governments and the actions of the country’s in currently history. Although the Hacktivism of anonymous may sometimes contrast Orwell’s more political approach to change they follow his basic principles on language and freedom of speech. A common collusion is too often among governments in order to obtain gains, there is a means to zero censorship from the government and the ability for its people to speak about their choices or protest against them, both writings/documentary’s defining this. A main desire for clear language is spoken through Orwells writing while being displayed by Knappenberger’s documentary about the