"Politics and the English Language," was an interesting passage. I enjoyed the points Orwell made in his exposure of phrases and terms that have lost or gained meaning throughout the years. I especially took note of his mention that when a certain phrase is used so much, it actually is mistaken to mean literally what it's implied meaning was. As in, a phrase, when taken literally makes no sense, but everyone understands the meaning.
Orwell's intense vocabulary was present during this passage. In his examples, I found many words I had no understanding of. Furthermore, in his regular writing I was impressed as well to a certain extent because I found new words that I could not infer the meaning of based on god old context clues.
This passage was an interesting read, and I thought it was beneficial to read in a group, because I did not feel terrible about not understanding 100% of the words, because I was able to talk immediately with my peers.
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